Suzanne Collins’ latest Hunger Games novel, Sunrise on the Reaping, will be adapted for the big screen, in theaters November 2026.At CinemaCon on Tuesday, Lionsgate unveiled details about the film, including its screenwriter.

Billy Ray, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of "Hunger Games" and AMC's iconic Nicole Kidman ad, has been tapped to write "Sunrise on the Reaping."

Billy Ray is back in business on The Hunger Games. The Oscar-nominated scribe, who put pen to paper on the blockbuster that started it all back in 2012, has been tapped to write the screenplay for the next installment of franchise by adapting Suzanne Collins' newest bestseller The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.