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'The Hunger Games' are back: Writer Suzanne Collins announces new novel for 2025

The book, titled 'Sunrise on the Reaping,' will tell the story of Haymitch, winner of the 50th edition of the Hunger Games.

Imagen de la saga cinematográfica 'Los juegos del hambre' protagonizada por Jennifer Lawrence junto a una imagen, de menor tamaño, de la escritora Suzanne Collins, autora de la popular saga.

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"The Hunger Games" are back. The writer Suzanne Collins announced this Thursday that she and publisher Scholastic will release a new novel in her popular saga, based on the fictional world of Panem, on March 18, 2025.

The book, titled "Sunrise on the Reaping," will tell the story of Haymitch, winner of the 50th edition of the popular competition between the two young representatives of each of the 12 districts who have to fight to survive in the field of the Hunger Games.

The new novel, set 40 years after the novel "Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" and 25 years before the original "Hunger Games" trilogy, will be inspired by the philosophy of David Hume, as Collins told the AP:

With 'Sunrise on the Reaping,' I was inspired by David Hume’s idea of implicit submission and, in his words, 'the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.' The story also lent itself to a deeper dive into the use of propaganda and the power of those who control the narrative. The question 'Real or not real?' seems more pressing to me every day.

Will the new 'Hunger Games' story reach the big screen?

Based on the success that this saga achieved on the big screen, this new novel will have film rights. This was confirmed by the official X account of the saga.

"Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes," starring Rachel Zegler and Tom Blyth was released in November of last year. It grossed $337.4 million during its run in theaters, according to data provided by Box Office Mojo.

Variety reported that the original trilogy, which was adapted into four movies starring Jennifer Lawrence between 2012 and 2015, is the 20th-highest-grossing franchise in history, earning Lionsgate a total of $3.3 billion.

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