The first 20 minutes of The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping blew me away

Hunger Games fans, are you still buzzing over the latest Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping trailer? Craving even more information about the film before it hits theaters in November? Don't worry: We've got you covered.

SEE ALSO: 'The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping' trailer teases a treat for book fans In August, I attended a Sunrise on the Reaping filmmaker presentation in New York, where director Francis Lawrence and producer Nina Jacobson screened the first 20 minutes of the movie, as well some key scenes.

While we didn't see Sunrise on the Reaping in its entirety, what we did see certainly left me eager for more.

From the introduction of young Haymitch Abernathy (Joseph Zada) to the brutal beginning of the second Quarter Quell, here's what the footage entailed.

The opening to Sunrise on the Reaping is ripped straight from the book.

Jesse Plemons, Joseph Zada, and Glenn Close in "The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping." Credit: Murray Close / Lionsgate Sunrise on the Reaping 's first 20 minutes are as close to a one-to-one adaptation of Suzanne Collins' novel as you can get.

Like in the novel, the film opens on Haymitch's birthday, which also happens to be the day of the reaping.

Before the Capitol chooses the next tributes for the 50th Hunger Games, Haymitch goes about his day as usual in District 12.

Unlike Woody Harrelson's hard-drinking, cynical take on the character in the original films, Zada's Haymitch is friendly, kind, and hopeful.

Learning how he lost that innocence is the devastating key to Sunrise on the Reaping .

Haymitch meets his love interest Lenore Dove (Whitney Peak) just outside of District 12, where they have a heart-to-heart about the reaping.

In his mind, the Capitol will always be in control, and the Hunger Games will always happen.

Lenore has a different view, though, hoping for resistance and a future free from the Capitol's tyranny.

Given that Collins opens Sunrise on the Reaping with a quote from Scottish philosopher David Hume about implicit submission, it's exciting to see that Sunrise on the Reaping is fully engaging with those themes.