The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping Casts Jesse Plemons as a Younger Version of the Late Philip Seymour Hoffman's Character

Jesse Plemons has been formed arsenic Plutarch Heavensbee successful The Hunger Games: Sunrise connected the Reaping, and helium volition beryllium playing a younger mentation of the quality the precocious Philip Seymour Hoffman played successful the archetypal Hunger Games films.

Lionsgate shared the quality and noted that this aboriginal Head Gamemaker and rebellion person volition beryllium seen astatine the opening of the movie "in District 12, capturing the reaping of the Tributes there."

As for the movie itself, it is based connected Suzanne Collins' caller of the aforesaid sanction and "revisits the satellite of Panem twenty-four years earlier the events of The Hunger Games, starting connected the greeting of the reaping of the Fiftieth Hunger Games, besides known arsenic the Second Quarter Quell." And yes, these are the aforesaid deadly games that Woody Harrelson's Haymitch Abernathy played successful (and won).

Jesse Plemons Image Credit: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic. Philip Seymour Hoffman Image Credit: Lionsgate

Plemons was precocious seen successful Black Mirror, Zero Day, Kinds of Kindness, Civil War, and Killers of the Flower Moon, and seemingly was the imagination casting for the squad astatine Lionsgate.

"Jesse is 1 of the astir talented actors of his generation, with a proven grounds of picking his roles selectively," Erin Westerman, co-president, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group said. "We are honored that helium has chosen to bring his ain instrumentality to 1 of the astir fascinating figures successful Panem, and consciousness that his erstwhile collaboration with Philip Seymour Hoffman makes it each the much special. His Plutarch volition beryllium some a tribute to the quality fans person already travel to cognize and a portrayal helium makes his own. We can’t hold for audiences to spot it.”

Westerman was speaking of the clip Plemons and Hoffman acted unneurotic successful 2012's The Master, which was 1 of the precocious actor's past films earlier helium passed successful 2014. In fact, Hoffman's last 2 movies earlier helium passed distant were The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 & 2.

The Hunger Games: Sunrise of the Reaping volition beryllium released successful theaters connected November 29, 2026, and volition beryllium directed by Francis Lawrence, who directed 4 of the 5 Hunger Games films opening with Catching Fire.

For more, cheque retired however Sunrise connected the Reaping has already astir reached the apical of the best-sellers connected Amazon aft being released connected March 18, 2025, and however you tin instrumentality vantage of a large Audible woody to perceive to it today.

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