The new novel, Sunrise on Reaping, will be released on 18th March 2025 and will take place 40 years after The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, but 24 years before the events of the first Hunger Games novel.<\/p>\n
Collins said in a statement: \u201cWith Sunrise on the Reaping, I was inspired by David Hume\u2019s idea of implicit submission and, in his words, \u2018the easiness with which the many are governed by the few\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe story also lent itself to a deeper dive into the use of propaganda and the power of those who control the narrative. The question \u2018Real or not real?\u2019 seems more pressing to me every day.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>Nothing else is yet known about the novel\u2019s plot, nor whether it will be adapted into a film \u2013 however, given the success of the screen franchise, it certainly seems likely that it will.<\/p>\n
Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Given that both the book and film series has been released non-linearly, with the first three books and four films telling a story in order before going back in time for the fourth book and fifth film, Francis Lawrence, the director of all of the films except for the first, previously addresses the order in which fans should watch them<\/a>.<\/p>\n As The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes was being released, Lawrence told RadioTimes.com<\/a>: \u201cI will say, I think part of what\u2019s fun is if you hadn\u2019t seen any of the movies, or read any of the other books, you can watch this story and, I think, find it engaging and find it fulfilling as a standalone movie.<\/p> \u201cI think if you\u2019ve seen the other movies\u2026 part of the fun of this one is there\u2019s so many elements that are sort of the origins of things \u2013 the origins of characters, the origins of character dynamics, the origins of songs we know from the other one, you know, a lot of little Easter eggs.<\/p>\n \u201c[So] it might actually be better to watch this one after [the originals], if you\u2019ve never seen them. Because I think you\u2019ll just have this other level of enjoyment of feeling the origins of things.\u201d<\/p>\n Films in The Hunger Games series, including The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, are available to stream now on Prime Video \u2013 try Amazon Prime Video for free for 30 days<\/a>. Plus, read our guides to the\u00a0best Amazon Prime series<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0best movies on Amazon Prime<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n [squirrel-affiliate-playlist squirrel_playlist_id=\u201d609\u2033 \/]<\/p>\n Check out more of our\u00a0Film<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n The new novel will be called Sunrise on the Reaping and will be set 40 years after The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":52795,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/hunger-games-author-suzanne-collins-announces-new-novel-in-series-for-2025-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/hunger-games-author-suzanne-collins-announces-new-novel-in-series-for-2025-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/hunger-games-author-suzanne-collins-announces-new-novel-in-series-for-2025-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/hunger-games-author-suzanne-collins-announces-new-novel-in-series-for-2025-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/hunger-games-author-suzanne-collins-announces-new-novel-in-series-for-2025-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/hunger-games-author-suzanne-collins-announces-new-novel-in-series-for-2025-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/hunger-games-author-suzanne-collins-announces-new-novel-in-series-for-2025-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The new novel will be called Sunrise on the Reaping and will be set 40 years after The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/52794"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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