Glenn Close and Billy Porter have been added to the cast of Lionsgate's upcoming movie, The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, based on the bestselling book by Suzanne Collins. Deadline reported that Close will play Drusilla Sickle, the cruel escort to the District 12 Tributes, while Porter is Magno Stift, her estranged husband and the Tributes' uninspired designer.
Close and Porter join Joseph Zada, Whitney Peak, Mckenna Grace, Jesse Plemons, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Maya Hawke, Lili Taylor, Ben Wang, Ralph Fiennes, Elle Fanning, and Kieran Culkin in the project, which will be directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by Billy Ray. Sunrise on the Reaping will be released on November 20, 2026.
"Glenn Close is a dream Drusilla," said producer Nina Jacobson. "She brings so much of her intellect and imagination to each role, creating characters who are unforgettable and iconic. I think Glenn and Francis will have a ball bringing Drusilla from the page to the screen."
Jacobson added that Porter is "one of those rare performers who can dazzle and devastate in equal measure on stage and screen. He made an indelible impression on me when we worked together on Pose, both as an actor and a human being."