The highly anticipated Hunger Games prequel movie just keeps getting better and better as it casts the perfect actress to play young Effie, and fans are stoked. Hunger Games: Sunrise on the ...

Suzanne Collins' "Sunrise on the Reaping" is a prequel to "The Hunger Games" about a young Haymitch. Lionsgate greenlit a movie adaptation in 2024, almost a year before the book hit shelves.

Plus, the novel includes appearances from "Hunger Games" favorites like Effie Trinket and Plutarch ... starting with a shot of a volcano. The image nods to the story's plot, as a volcanic eruption ...

In the original «The Hunger Games», Elizabeth Banks took on the role of Effie, while in the prequel, Elle Fanning will play the young version of the character. And it seems that no previous movie ...

Elizabeth Banks played Effie Trinket in all 4 'Hunger Games' movies -- but only when the author of the books insisted they make this change. Skip to main content. Showbiz Cheat Sheet.

Elle Fanning has joined Lionsgate’s “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping” as Effie Trinket, the Capitol stylist played by Elizabeth Banks in the original “Hunger Games” series.

Elle Fanning is being eyed to play the younger Effie Trinket in “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping,” as the actress currently has the offer to play the role, TheWrap has learned.

Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping got major casting news, with Emmy-nominated actress Elle Fanning confirmed to join the cast of the upcoming Lionsgate movie adaptation.

"The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping" arrives in theaters on Nov. 20, 2026. The odds are ever in Elle Fanning's favor. She has been cast as Effie Trinket in the upcoming film "The Hunger ...

Elle Fanning is heading to Panem. The Emmy nominee has been cast as Effie Trinket in “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping,” an adaptation of the bestselling book by Suzanne Collins.