Sunrise on the Reaping" arrives in theaters on Nov. 20, 2026. The odds are ever in Elle Fanning's favor. She has been cast as Effie Trinket in the upcoming film "The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.

While Sunrise on the Reaping is a story from Haymitch's POV, it also offered origins for a number of other beloved Hunger Games characters. That includes Effie, Beetee, Wiress, and Mags. But we'll have to keep spoilers away from Elizabeth Banks,

Sunrise on the Reaping. She will be seen in the role of Effie Trinket. The series is an adaptation of the bestselling book of the same name by Suzanne Collins. Fanning joins previously announced cast members Joseph Zada as Haymitch Abernathy,