Overview

• Kieran Culkin will play Caesar Flickerman and has jokingly urged fans to lower their expectations for his portrayal.
• Elle Fanning and Ralph Fiennes have been cast as Effie Trinket and President Snow, respectively, joining an all-star ensemble.
• Directed by Francis Lawrence with a script by Billy Ray, the film adapts Suzanne Collins’s novel of the same name.
• The story traces Haymitch Abernathy’s origins during the Second Quarter Quell long before he became the mentor fans know.
• The prequel is scheduled to premiere in theaters on November 20, 2026.