Mckenna Grace has been added to the cast of The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.

The 18-year-old actress is to portray Maysilee Donner, Haymitch Abernathy's fellow District 12 Tribute, Deadline reports.

Meanwhile, Joseph Zada will play Haymitch, with Whitney Peak set to portray his girlfriend, Lenore Dove Baird.

The role of Maysilee Donner was highly sought-after, as actors and their agents viewed the part as the closest character to Katniss Everdeen — the role that catapulted Jennifer Lawrence to stardom in the original Hunger Games movies.

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping will be an adaptation of author Suzanne Collins' 2025 novel of the same name, and is the second instalment in the writer's Hunger Games prequel trilogy.

The story is set in the world of Panem 24 years before the first Hunger Games book, and follows Haymitch Abernathy, who is selected as a tribute for the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell.

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping is to be directed by Francis Lawrence, who will be working from a screen adaptation written by Billy Ray.

Color Force's Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson are to produce, while Cameron MacConomy will serve as executive producer.