Jennifer Lawrences Teases and Basically Confirms Return to Hunger Games Franchise in Sunrise on the Reaping

Looks similar the Kat(niss) is officially retired of the bag. Jennfier Lawrence was antecedently reported to beryllium joining the formed of the upcoming Hunger Games prequel film, Sunrise connected the Reaping — but now, the histrion has each but seemingly confirmed her information successful the task herself.

On a caller occurrence of writer Josh Horowitz’s podcast Happy Sad Confused, the big mentioned Francis Lawrence, the manager of each of the Hunger Games films frankincense acold minus the 2012 original. Horowitz said that Lawrence and JLaw should person a chat, since helium is besides successful the director’s seat for Sunrise connected the Reaping.

“Maybe we already have,” Lawrence teased. That gave Horowitz the runway to respond: “If you judge everything connected the internet.”

“Oh yeah, it is retired connected the Internet, isn’t it?” Lawrence replied, hinting astatine the reports from past period astir her and costar Josh Hutcherson, who plays her quality Katniss Everdeen’s emotion involvement Peeta Mellark, joining the cast. Horowitz past followed up, “So I should spot that Hunger Games movie is what you’re saying?” The histrion gave the podcaster a subtle grin and confirmed, “Yes. Yeah.”

Lawrence, who won an Oscar for her enactment successful the 2012 movie Silver Linings Playbook, starred successful the archetypal 4 films of the franchise, with her past quality connected surface arsenic Katniss coming successful The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2.

As acold arsenic her and Hutcherson’s instrumentality goes, there’s nary authoritative connection connected however their characters volition beryllium incorporated into the film, arsenic it takes spot 24 years earlier the archetypal trilogy starts. However, fans person speculated that Katniss and Peeta volition amusement up astatine the extremity of the movie due to the fact that the publication the upcoming movie is based connected has a contiguous time epilogue that features some characters listening to erstwhile victor and adjacent person Haymitch Abernathy (played by Woody Harrelson successful the films) recount his ain communicative of competing successful the Games.

Francis Lawrence returns to nonstop the upcoming movie from a publication by Billy Ray. The movie stars Joseph Zada arsenic Haymitch Abernathy alongside Mckenna Grace arsenic Maysilee Donner, Jesse Plemons arsenic Plutarch Heavensbee, Ralph Fiennes arsenic Coriolanus Snow, Kieran Culkin arsenic Caesar Flickerman, Elle Fanning arsenic Effie Trinket, and Maya Hawke arsenic Wiress.

Sunrise connected the Reaping is acceptable to get successful theaters connected November 26.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.