Lionsgate announced it would be producing a film adaptation of Suzanne Collins' "Sunrise on the Reaping" before the book was even released.

Glenn Close and Billy Porter are the latest actors to join the cast of " The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping ." Lionsgate announced the news Monday on social media. Close will play Drusilla Sickle, the District 12 tribute escort, while Porter is set to play Magno Stift, Drusilla's estranged husband and stylist for the tributes.

Sunrise on the Reaping’, the upcoming prequel centered on a young Haymitch Abernathy. The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, directed by franchise veteran Francis Lawrence, is set to hit theaters next year.