Grace is known for her role as Paige in The Big Bang Theory-spinoff Young Sheldon
Mckenna Grace has joined the cast of The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, reports Deadline. The film is based on Suzanne Collins’s novel of the same name.
Going back to the dystopian world of Panem, the film is set on the morning of the reaping of the Fiftieth Hunger Games, better known as the Second Quarter Quell, which is 24 years before the start of The Hunger Games.
Joseph Zada is set to star as Haymitch Abernathy, a role originally played by Woody Harrelson. Haymitch’s girlfriend, Lenore Dove Baird, will be played by Whitney Peak. Meanwhile, Grace will portray Maysilee Donner, a tribute from District 12, along with Haymitch.
Grace has acted in films like Gifted, Captain Marvel, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, and I, Tonya.
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping is directed by Francis Lawrence, with the script being written by Billy Ray. Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson are producing the film under their Colour Force banner. Cameron MacConomy will serve as an executive producer on the film. Lionsgate is backing the film.
Francis Lawrence’s The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping is set to release theatrically on November 20, 2026.
