The new Hunger Games found its protagonists

The Hunger Games: the dawn of the harvestthe second prequel of the Suzanne Collins saga finally has the names of the two protagonists. They are two semi-unknown and they will become superstar, as already happened to the imitator/Katniss across jennifer Lawrence, one of the most anticipated guests of the next Cannes Film Festival).
He is Joseph Zada, she Whitney Peak And they are the couple who will make fans’ hearts beat. Yes, readers know the girl’s fate well, but the journey told in the novel Mondadori is one of the best pages of the entire saga.

But let’s go by order: Joseph Zada, already seen in Total control And Invisible BoysIt will be Haymitch Abernathy, who in the mother saga had the face of Woody Harrelson (it will not be easy to live up to such an intense performance!). She, face Chanel, was part of the cast of the remake of Gossip Girl.

The boy, for a series of adverse causes, becomes a tribute of district 12 in the Hunger Games that celebrate 50 years from birth. For a mockery of fate, the day of the draw (the harvest) is also that of his sixteenth birthday.
For this special anniversary to enter the arena and challenging each other there will be twice the tributes, two males and two females aged 12 to 18, from the various districts of the Kingdom of Panem. Double blood bath, double fun for the inhabitants of Capitol City who bet on the only fighter to get out alive.
It is already known that Haymitch won those games but he never wanted to talk to Katniss and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson)to which he acted as a mentor in the original trilogy. The reason is discovered in this book: not only was he “punished” for challenging the arena and won the hunger games, but for this Panem killed his mother, little brother and she, her love, Lenore where, who will have the face of Whitney Peak.

Knowing the events and seeing how they get to their epilogue are two totally different paths and thanks to the book you see Haymitch under a new light, not only a purposeless drunkard in life, but a boy with dreams, hopes and also some behavior as a nice rogue.
Who was Haymitch 24 years before the fans knew him as he capitulated down the stage of the katniss and Peeta harvest? The book – And, hopefully too The film released in November 2026 – offers all answers and (Spoiler) involves characters already known in the saga. Not only did President Snow, Plutarch Abernathy and Caesar Flickermann but the winners of past editions, now mentors, such as Mags, Wiress and Beete.
The actors who will make up the rest of the cast must bring a great responsibility to themselves because they are all beloved characters. And here they are shown in new light, succeeding – if possible – to make them love and estimate even more.

Haymitch and Lenore where (of the Covey family) are two lovers that poverty and injustice have separated but their inheritance continues to live with amplified power compared to what has already been seen. Usually-as the first, forgettable, sequel, the ballad of the usual and the snake demonstrates-rarely the sequel/spin-off/reboot and similar really add something to the original universe, but this time not. This chapter is an authentic gem that mixes action and romance and has an incredible political impact.