- THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE
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| Amanda Plummer joins Catching Fire |
Lionsgate has cast Amanda Plummer (Pulp Fiction) in The
Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Collider reports.
The studio is now courting three more actors for roles in a
film. It’s being reported that Sam Claflin (Snow White and the Huntsman) is
nearing a deal for a role to play Finnick while Oscar-winner Melissa Leo (The
Fighter) will join the film, in a unspecified role and three-time Emmy winner
Tony Shalhoub (Monk) is a frontrunner the role of Beetee. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire will be directed
by Francis Lawrence and will star Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam
Hemsworth when shooting begins in August.
Hit the jump for more info on the recent casting.
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| Sam Clafin, Melissa Leo and Tony Shalhoub |
Claflin is almost set to star as Finnick, another of the
contestants in the games who was previously one of the youngest victor in
history. He and Katniss (Lawrence) have
a contentious relationship throughout the film.
Shalhoub rounds out this casting addition as Beetee, an
inventor who earns the nickname “Volts” as he uses electricity to build various
weapons and defenses. He is definitely an inspired casting pick!
We previously reported that Philip Seymour Hoffman (Before
the Devil Knows You’re Dead) would be starring in Catching Fire as Plutarch
Heavensbee and Jena Malone (Into the Wild) had landed the coveted role of
Joanna Mason in the sequel. Part two of
Suzanne Collins’ trilogy (and Lionsgate’s four-part series) will also feature
the return of Elizabeth Banks, Woody Harrelson, Stanley Tucci, Lenny Kravitz
and Donald Sutherland when it debuts November 22nd, 2013.
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