Here’s What You Need To Know About Joseph Zada And Whitney Peak, Who Are

The Next “Hunger Games” Film Just Cast Two Of Its Leading Characters, So Here’s Everything You Need To Know

“The Hunger Games” casting department NEVER MISSES.

This year, precious author Suzanne Collins talented us another gut-wrenching and dazzling book embeded in The Hunger Games world, and it’s truthfully all I’ve considered for weeks.

Daybreak on the Reaping is the 2nd prequel book in Collins’s series and is set 24 years before the very first book’s occasions. It informs the story of the 50th Hunger Games, aka the Second Quarter Quell, and significantly the Games that Haymitch Abernathy completed in and won. For several years, fans have actually asked for a book detailing Haymitch’s video games, and Collins provided in every possible method. It’s truthfully among the saddest stories in this whole book series. And similar to her previous 4 books– The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay, and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes — Daybreak on the Reaping is currently set up to be adjusted into a movie by Lionsgate, with a release date set for Nov. 20, 2026. Francis Lawrence will direct the film and Billy Ray will compose the script. When the book was launched a little over a month earlier, individuals currently began fancasting who they would desire to play all of the characters in the book, specifically young Haymitch.

And well, Lionsgate formally revealed that Joseph Zada and Whitney Peak will play Haymitch Abernathy and Lenore Dove Baird, his sweetheart and a member of the Covey, in the upcoming adjustment.

Due to the fact that Joseph and Whitney are signing up with a long list of precious leading stars in The Hunger Games franchise, here’s whatever you require to understand about them: Joseph is from Sydney, Australia, and is supposedly 20 years old. You can follow him on Instagram here. He is a reasonably unidentified and up-and-coming star, which is something fans frantically desired when it pertained to casting a young Haymitch, who Woody Harrelson plays in the very first 4 motion pictures. Joseph just recently starred in the Australian minimal series Unnoticeable Boyswhich is based upon the unique by Holden Sheppard. Together with this series, he’s likewise appeared in the Australian television program Overall Control in 2024. In regards to approaching tasks, he’s set to star in the upcoming television series We Were Liarsan adjustment of the successful book by E. Lockhart. He’s starring as Johnny in the program, which is being adjusted by The Vampire Diaries developer Julie Plec and author Carina Adly MacKenzie.

He can likewise be seen in the upcoming Netflix restricted series East of Edenwhich is an adjustment of the precious book by John Steinbeck. Joseph will star as Cal Trask, together with Florence Pugh, Mike Faist, Christopher Abbott, Hoon Lee, Tracy Letts, Martha Plimpton, and more.

When it comes to Whitney, she was born in Uganda and matured in a city beyond Vancouver. She’s 22 years of ages. You can follow her on Instagram here. She began her profession with a bit part in Molly’s Game before landing a 10-episode arc in Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina as Judith Blackwood. Her breakout minute can be found in 2021 when she was cast as Zoya Lott in the short-term Chatter Girl reboot on Max. She starred in Hocus Pocus 2 as Becca. She likewise appeared in Sabrina Carpenter’s video for “Nonsense” in 2022. Along with The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the ReapingWhitney can next be seen in Shiveran approaching thriller film with Phoebe Dynevor and Djimon Hounsou. After her casting as Lenore Dove was revealed, Whitney reposted a charming picture of her holding a copy of Dawn on the ReapingAnd Rachel Zegler, who played Lucy Gray Baird in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & & Snakesinvited her to the Covey household with a sweet Instagram story: Well, that’s all the casting news for Dawn on the Reaping we have up until now! Personally, I’m so deeply thrilled to see Joseph and Whitney bring these functions to life. And I will be waiting on the edge of my seat for more news quickly– like, Elle Fanning, I require you to play young Effie Trinket, PLEASE. Are you thrilled for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the ReapingWho are you hoping gets cast next? Inform us whatever in the remarks listed below! » …
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