In somewhat surprising news, Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson are returning to the Hunger Games franchise to appear in the forthcoming prequel film, The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.

The two stars, known for their respective roles as Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark in the original films, will likely appear in a flash-forward, though nothing more has been disclosed nor confirmed.

The sequel to 2023’s The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes returns to Panem, this time following a young Haymitch Abernathy, 24 years before the events of The Hunger Games and beginning on the morning of the reaping for the Second Quarter Quell.

Francis Lawrence, who helmed the previous four instalments, directs this latest franchise entry from a script by Billy Ray (also the writer on the first Hunger Games), based as always on the novel by Suzanne Collins.

The film stars Joseph Zada as Haymitch, Jesse Plemons as Plutarch Heavensbee, Ralph Fiennes as now-President Cornelius Snow, Glenn Close as Drusilla Sickle, Kieran Culkin as Caesar Flickerman, Elle Fanning as Effie Trinket, Mckenna Grace as Maysilee Donner, Whitney Peak as Lenore Dove Baird, Maya Hawke as Wiress, Lili Taylor as Mags Flanagan, Billy Porter as Magno Stift, and Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Beetee Latier.

Lawrence and Hutcherson’s most recent entry in the franchise was 2015’s The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, which ended with their characters now married with children. Lawrence just earned a Golden Globe Award nomination this week for her role in Die My Love, while Hutcherson is currently on screens as the star of Five Nights at Freddy’s 2.

Check out the teaser trailer and poster for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping here.