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Jennifer Lawrence confirms she's back as Katniss in 'Sunrise on the Reaping'
Lawrence said returning to The Hunger Games with Josh Hutcherson and Woody Harrelson was "so emotional." The prequel hits theaters in November.
It's official. Jennifer Lawrence is returning as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. She confirmed it on the Call Her Daddy podcast with host Alex Cooper.
Lawrence said going back to Panem "was so emotional."
"Josh and I, like, didn't walk to the bathroom without our arms around each other," she said of co-star Josh Hutcherson.
Back in Panem
Hutcherson returns as Peeta Mellark. Woody Harrelson returns as the older Haymitch Abernathy.
Sunrise on the Reaping is a prequel set 24 years before the original story. It follows a young Haymitch, played by Joseph Zada, as he survives the 50th Hunger Games.
The film adapts Suzanne Collins' novel. The book ends with an epilogue that brings Katniss and Peeta back into the story.
Coming in November
The movie opens in theaters Nov. 20.
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