Exciting news, Hunger Games fans! Production on the dystopian franchise's upcoming prequel film The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping is officially underway.

On Wednesday (August 8), the official Hunger Games X (formerly Twitter) account shared a new video taken from the movie's set in Somiedo Natural Park in Spain, where Sunrise on the Reaping has finally begun filming.

The brief 36-second clip appears to offer fans a taste of the forthcoming film's second Quarter Quell arena consisting of sweeping vistas, sprawling wildflower meadows, babbling brooks, and mountainous terrain -- an idyllic contrast from the tragic teenage violence inevitably to come.

"The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping - now in production," the video is captioned. Watch below.

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Directed by Francis Lawrence, the film will follow a young Haymitch Abernathy -- originally brought to screen by Woody Harrelson in the original trilogy, now played by Joseph Zada (We Were Liars) -- as he tries to survive the 50th Hunger Games tournament in Panem, which is under complete totalitarian control.

Zada makes an appearance by his trailer in the video above. The movie's got a stacked cast, too, with additional members including Jesse Plemons, Elle Fanning, Ralph Fiennes, Mckenna Grace, Kieran Culkin, Lili Taylor, Glenn Close, Maya Hawke, and more.

Lionsgate announced plans to make a film adaptation of The Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins' prequel novel Sunrise on the Reaping in June 2024, a year before the novel was officially released in March of 2025.

The plot takes place 40 years after the events of The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, and nearly 25 years prior to the events of the first Hunger Games book and film.

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping is currently scheduled to be released in theaters on November 20, 2026. Watch a teaser announcement for the film below.