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

Haymitch Abernathy’s time in the Hunger Games is at the center of Suzanne Collins’ newest prequel book, Sunrise on the Reaping. Set 24 years before the events of the first novel featuring Katniss Everdeen (played by Jennifer Lawrence in the film franchise) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson),

Scholastic announced Thursday that Suzanne Collins ‘ new novel in the bestselling Hunger Games series, Sunrise on the Reaping , sold more than 1.5 million world English copies—including print, e-books, and audiobooks—in its first week on sale in the U.S., U.K., Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.