Joseph Zada replaces Woody Harrelson as young Haymitch in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

Joseph Zada takes over the role of Haymitch from Woody Harrelson in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, the prequel set 24 years before the original series, according to Variety. The film, based on Suzanne Collins' 2025 novel, follows the 50th Hunger Games and opens in theatres from Lionsgate on 20 November. Harrelson returns in a flash-forward scene.