Billy Porter News Roundup - August 26, 2025

On August 26, 2025, the following item concerning Billy Porter garnered attention:

Glenn Close & Billy Porter Join Cast of Lionsgate’s ‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping’ Eight-time Oscar nominee Glenn Close and three-time Tony Award winner Billy Porter were announced as new cast members in Lionsgate’s upcoming film The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. Porter will portray Magno Stift, the estranged husband of Drusilla Sickle (played by Close), who serves as the cruel escort to the District 12 tributes. The film, directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by Billy Ray and produced by Color Force’s Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson, is slated for release on November 20, 2026.

No additional public statements, performances, or appearances by Billy Porter were reported on August 26, 2025.