Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping has cast Elle Fanning as Effie Trinket, as announced by The Hollywood Reporter. The movie later confirmed the news on Twitter with an excerpt from the book, reading: “You are brilliant Effie Trinket!” Check out the post below.

Sunrise on the Reaping, the sixth installment in the overall Hunger Games film franchise and the second prequel, is in development at Lionsgate, with a fall 2026 premiere slated. Sunrise on the Reaping is based on a dystopian young adult novel of the same name by Suzanne

In "Sunrise on the Reaping," Effie serves as Haymitch Abernathy's stylist for the 50th annual Hunger Games, which he ends up winning. Fanning also shared the news on Instagram and re-shared a post from Banks, who congratulated her.