Fresh out of his Oscar win, Kieran Culkin is set to set to play a young Caesar Flickerman in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.

The prequel is based on Suzanne Collins ' 2025 dystopian book of the same name. Set 24 years before 2008's The Hunger Games, the upcoming film will follow a young Haymitch Abernathy (originally played by Woody Harrelson) as he competes in the 50th Hunger Games, otherwise known as the Second Quarter Quell.

Lionsgate has announced key cast additions to The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, set for release on 20 November 2026. Kieran Culkin will portray Caesar Flickerman, while Elle Fanning joins as a younger Effie Trinket.