First announced on June 6, 2024, Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping is the second prequel in the series after The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, which was adapted for film in November 2023 and starred Rachel Zegler and Tom Blyth.

Close and Porter are the latest to join the movie's all-star cast, which includes Kieran Culkin, Ralph Fiennes, Elle Fanning, Lili Taylor and Maya Hawke.

Eight-time Oscar nominee Glenn Close is coming to the world of Panem. The "Tehran" star has been cast as the cruel District 12 escort Drusilla in the upcoming "The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping".