Hunger Games: Sunrise on The Reaping Film Reveals Casting for Maysilee Donner Role
- Mckenna Grace joins the cast of The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping film.
- The movie adapts Suzanne Collins' recent prequel novel set twenty-four years before the first book.
- Grace portrays Maysilee Donner, a District 12 tribute with a young Haymitch Abernathy.
- The novel sold 1.2 million US copies in its first week, doubling prior book sales.
- Francis Lawrence directs the film, scheduled for a November 2026 theatrical release by Lionsgate.
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Hunger Games: Sunrise on The Reaping Film Reveals Casting for Maysilee Donner Role
The Hunger Games prequel Sunrise on The Reaping will have McKenna Grace star as Maysilee Donner. The casting news comes one day after actors Joseph Zada and Whitney Peak were confirmed to join.
The 'Sunrise On The Reaping' Cast Has FINALLY Found Its Leads
The first Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping cast announcements are here, and we love them like all-fire! After some popular casting rumors went insanely viral, everyone couldn't stop talking about who would play Haymitch Abernathy and Lenore Dove. And we finally have our answer. (And hopefully Elle Fanning as Effie Trinket is our next announcement!)Meet the Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping cast before the movie premieres November 20, 2026…

In brief: McKenna Grace cast in 'The Hunger Games' prequel and more
'The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping': Joseph Zada, Whitney Peak And McKenna Grace To Lead Cast
With The Hunger Games universe expanding, so is the cast of its latest installment: Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping. The studio has found its Haymitch Abernathy and his girlfriend Lenore Dove Baird, as well as Mayslie Donner. Newcomer Joseph Zada will play Abernathy, Gossip Girl reboot star Whitney Peak will be Baird and McKenna Grace will play Mayslie. Fans of the franchise know Abernathy was played by Woody Harrelson earli…
Mckenna Grace Joins ‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping’ as District 12 Tribute
Mckenna Grace has volunteered for The Hunger Games. The actress has joined the cast of prequel film “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping” as Maysilee Donner, Haymitch Abernathy’s fellow District 12 Tribute. She joins a cast that also includes Joseph Zada, who will play Haymitch, and Whitney Peak, who will play Haymitch’s girlfriend, Lenore Dove Baird. “Sunrise on the Reaping” takes place 25 years before the events of the first book and movi…
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