Overview

• Elle Fanning has been confirmed to play a younger Effie Trinket, originally portrayed by Elizabeth Banks in the franchise.
• Molly McCann and Iona Bell have been cast as Louella McCoy and her Capitol-assigned lookalike Lou Lou, respectively.
• Joseph Zada will star as a young Haymitch Abernathy, with Ralph Fiennes taking on the role of President Snow.
• Directed by Francis Lawrence and written by Billy Ray, the adaptation of Suzanne Collins’s prequel novel is set during the Second Quarter Quell, 24 years before the original series.
• The film is scheduled to begin production in July 2025 and is slated for a theatrical release on November 20, 2026.