Overview

• Elle Fanning has been cast as Effie Trinket, portraying a younger version of the character originally played by Elizabeth Banks in the first four Hunger Games films.
• Kieran Culkin will play Caesar Flickerman, the charismatic host of the Hunger Games, a role previously portrayed by Stanley Tucci.
• The film, directed by franchise veteran Francis Lawrence, adapts Suzanne Collins' 2025 prequel novel and explores the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell.
• Joseph Zada leads the cast as a young Haymitch Abernathy, alongside Whitney Peak, Ralph Fiennes, Maya Hawke, Jesse Plemons, and Mckenna Grace in key roles.
• Scheduled for a November 20, 2026 theatrical release, the film builds on the massive success of the Hunger Games franchise, which has grossed over $3.3 billion globally.