Lili Taylor has joined Lionsgate’s “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping” as Mags Flanagan, expanding a cast that recently added Maya Hawke and Jesse Plemons.
Mags Flanagan, who first appeared in the second installment of the “Hunger Games” trilogy “Catching Fire,” was one of the first winners of the titular dystopian fight to the death contested between the children of the 12 districts of Panem.
In “Sunrise on the Reaping,” set a quarter-century before the main trilogy, Mags becomes the mentor of Haymitch Abernathy, the teen boy who would go on to become District 12’s first Hunger Games winner and later the mentor of Katniss Everdeen.
Taylor joins a cast led by Joseph Zada as Haymitch, with Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Maya Hawke as Hunger Games winners Beetee and Wiress, and Jesse Plemons as future rebellion leader Plutarch Heavensbee. Whitney Peak and Mckenna Grace also star.
Meredith Wieck and Scott O’Brien are overseeing the project for Lionsgate. Robert Melnik negotiated the deal for the studio. “Sunrise on the Reaping” is set for release on Nov. 20, 2026.
Taylor is a three-time Emmy nominee who will next be seen in the second season of Marvel’s “Daredevil: Born Again” as well as Netflix’s “Fear Street: Prom Queen.” She just released her debut book “Turning to Birds,” a love letter to birding and the art of seeking peace in unexpected places. She is represented by Independent Artist Group and Untitled Entertainment.
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