Wyatt Callow's Tragic Fate in Sunrise on the Reaping, Explained

Things have finally started moving for The Hunger Games ’ next prequel titled Sunrise on the Reaping, with Joseph Zada and Whitney Peak now being officially cast as young Haymitch Abernathy and his love interest Lenore Dove Baird.

Set around 25 years earlier than the original movie series, Sunrise on the Reaping will follow the events of the 50th Hunger Games aka second Quarter Quell that saw the doubling amount of participants fighting to become the only one to survive.

Apart from Haymitch, the 50th Hunger Games also determined the fate of three more tributes from District 12, including Wyatt Callow. And even though he might not be present in the movie that much, the character still played a crucial role in how the events unfolded for his fellow tributes.

Wyatt Callow’s Backstory, Explained

Wyatt comes from the Callows family or the Booker Boys, which in District 12 is mostly known as betmakers everyone turns to when it comes to big competitions (and yes, the Hunger Games too).

Having grown up with no one else but passionate game players in his surroundings, Wyatt got used to calculating everything from the same perspective of betmaking his parents tried to make a living with.

In fact, even his reaping wasn’t a factor too distracting, and, while on a train to Panem alongside Wyatt and two other tributes, Haymitch is nothing but shocked when Wyatt starts calculating the chances of his own death at the Games.

However, he isn’t that eager to form an alliance with Haymitch either and mostly relies on his own skills when the time comes to get to the arena.

What Happens to Wyatt in the Hunger Games? (Spoiler Alert!)

While out there in the arena, Wyatt is one of the first to die when a fierce fight breaks out at Cornucopia right after the gong sounded, resulting in a bloodbath that claimed 18 lives out of 48.

Wyatt is killed by Panache Barker with a sword when he tries to protect Lou Lou, some kind of human robot replicating Louella McCoy, another District 12 tribute who dies in an accident not long before the start of the Games.

When Is The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping Being Released?

The movie is currently set to arrive in theatres on November 20, 2026.