The new installment of the saga The Hunger Games of Lionsgate, entitled The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reapingalready made a new signing.
It is the Óscar nominee, Jesse Plemons (The Power of the Dog, Civil War, Killers of the Flower Moon), who will be Interpreting Plutarch HeavensbeeDeadline reported.
Plutarch Heavensbee, the main main vigilant and leader of the rebellion, was previously interpreted by the late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman; his performances in The Hunger Games: Mockingay Part 1 & 2were his latest film roles.
For the most curious: Plemons and Hoffman worked together in the 2012 film, The Masterin which Plemons played Val Dodd, the son of the character by Hoffman.
Plemons adds to those announced above, Joseph ass (Invisible Boys, East of Eden), Whitney Peak (4 Kids Walk into a Bank, Gossip Girl), y McKenna Grace (Scream 7, Ghostbusters: Afterlife), in co -otagium roles. Zada will give life to the tribute of the 12th district, Haymith Abernathy, Peak to his girlfriend, Lenore Dove Baird, and Grace as Maysilee Donner, another tribute from district 12.
The Prequel will be based on the homonymous novel by Suzanne Collins which was published on March 18. The plot It takes place in the world of panem 40 years after the prequel events Ballads of Songbirds & Snakes and 24 years before the saga events starring Jennifer Lawrence.
The story Start in the morning of the harvest of the 50th edition of The hunger games When Haymith was chosen as one of the unfortunate taxes to fight until death. Woody Harrelson played Haymith's role in the original saga next to Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen.
The novel sold 1.5 million copies worldwide in its first week, three times more what the trilogy sold in its first week Mockingjay.
On the signing of Plemons, Erin Westerman, co -president of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group declared:
“Jesse is one of the most talented actors of his generation, with a proven trajectory of papers selection. We are honored that he has chosen to contribute his own interpretation to one of Panem's most fascinating figures, and we believe that his previous collaboration with Philip Seymour Hoffman makes it even more special. His Plutarch will be so much a tribute to the character that fans already know as an interpretation that he is his own. We are looking forward to the public. “
Plemons' most recent roles include miniseries Zero Day of Netflix, and the miniseries Love & Death of Max, the movies Kinds of Kindness, Civil War, Killers of the Flower Moon, y The Power of the Dogfor which she was nominated for the Oscar. We will see it in Bugonia of Yorgos Lanthimos, and a film project by Alejandro G. Iñárritu.
Francis Lawrence will direct the new prequel with script of Billy Ray. Lawrence has directed all franchise deliveries since The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), including prequel The Ballad of the Songbirds & Snakes (2023).
Lionsgate describes the project like this:
“While The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes developed 64 years before the events of the [películas] original, Hunger games: dawn in harvesting 24 years before Jennifer Lawrence movies in Panem, Starting in the morning of the harvest of the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the second vassalage of the twenty -five.”
“Those games are an important event in the canon since the winner was Haymith Abernathythe only winner of district 12 before Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson). Haymmitch continues to become a mentor, a character in the original films played by Woody Harrelson.”
Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson will produce the project, with Cameron Macconomy as executive producer.
THE FIVE FILMS OF THE FRANCHIA The hunger gamesThey have a combined box office of more than $ 3.3 billion worldwide.
Lionsgate set the premiere in the sixth delivery cinemas for the November 20, 2026.
Source: https://cine3.com/jesse-plemons-the-hunger-games-sunrise-on-the-reaping/
