Trending badgeTrendingPosted 1 hour agoJennifer Lawrence And Josh Hutcherson Are Officially Returning As Katniss And Peeta In The New "Hunger Games" Movie, So Here's An Explainer On Their Bittersweet Appearances In The BookI have never been more seated.by Leyla MohammedBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink Major spoilers for Sunrise on the Reaping (and the rest of The Hunger Games franchise) ahead! This just in: Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson are officially reprising their Hunger Games roles in the upcoming prequel, Sunrise on the Reaping. Ethan Miller / Getty Images According to multiple reputable outlets, including The Hollywood Reporter and Variety, Jen and Josh will be returning as Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark in the forthcoming Lionsgate movie, which is set to be released next November. (C)Lions Gate/Courtesy Everett Collection Although no specific details have been confirmed about their appearances, it's very likely that Katniss and Peeta will show up in a flash-forward scene based on the epilogue of SOTR, which is written by Suzanne Collins. (C)Lions Gate/Courtesy Everett Collection For context, SOTR is set over two decades before Katniss and Peeta first entered the games as District 12 tributes, and centers around Haymitch Abernathy, who we know as their mentor. (C)Lions Gate/Courtesy Everett Collection Now is your last chance to avoid major Sunrise on the Reaping book spoilers. You've been warned! The heartbreaking novel tells the tragic backstory of Haymitch (played in the original movies by Woody Harrelson), who won the 50th Hunger Games but lost nearly everything else, including his girlfriend, Lenore Dove, and his family. Lionsgate / Via youtu.be In the upcoming movie, young Haymitch will be played by Joseph Zada, while Whitney Peak will play Lenore. But in spite of his heartbreaking losses, the book's epilogue reveals that Haymitch ends up somewhat enjoying a life with Katniss and Peeta years after the tragic events that take place throughout the original franchise - including the revolution in Mockingjay. (C)Lions Gate/Courtesy Everett Collection Haymitch reveals that he finally opens up to Katniss and Peeta about his tragic backstory. "I didn't want to let them in, her and Peeta, but the walls of a person's heart are not impregnable, not if they have ever known love...I didn't want to have anything to do with their memorial book after the war. What use? What point? To relive all the loss," he says. (C)Lions Gate/Courtesy Everett Collection Haymitch notes that he wound up telling his story after recounting life with his best friend, Burdock Everdeen (aka Katniss's dad), and his brother Sid, as well as his bond with Maysilee Donner, one of his fellow District 12 tributes in the 50th Hunger Games. "Before I knew it, they all came tumbling out: family, tributes, friends, comrades in arms, everybody, even my love. I finally told our story," he says. (C)Lions Gate/Courtesy Everett Collection Later on, after learning about how Lenore cared for geese, Katniss surprises Haymitch with "an old basket filled with goose eggs" for him to hatch. "'I raided a few different nests, so they can breed all right,'" she tells him. Lionsgate / Via youtu.be Haymitch says, "She's not an easy person; she's like me, Peeta always says. But she was smarter than me, or luckier. She's the one who finally kept that sun from rising. Peeta fashioned some kind of incubator, and when the eggs hatched, mine was the first face those goslings saw. Sometimes they just graze on the green, but on fine days, we've been known to wander on over to the Meadow. Lenore Dove likes it best there, and I'm content where she's content. Like the geese, we really did mate for life." (C)Lions Gate/Courtesy Everett Collection If you haven't yet read SOTR, I highly suggest that you do, because it is incredible. And if you're as excited as I am for the movie, let me know in the comments!