Overview
- Elle Fanning has been announced as Effie Trinket in the upcoming prequel, taking over the role originally portrayed by Elizabeth Banks.
- Ralph Fiennes will play President Coriolanus Snow, further solidifying the film's star-studded cast.
- Australian newcomer Joseph Zada will portray a young Haymitch Abernathy, while Jesse Plemons takes on the role of young Plutarch Heavensbee.
- Directed by Francis Lawrence, the film adapts Suzanne Collins's March 2025 prequel novel exploring Haymitch Abernathy's origins in Panem's dystopian world.
- Scheduled for release in November 2026, the prequel aims to expand the Hunger Games franchise following 2023's 'The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.'