EXCLUSIVE: Elle Fanning Has Been Offered the Role of Effie in ‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping’

Elle Fanning has been offered the role of a younger Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. The role was previously portrayed by Elizabeth Banks in the first four films in the series.

Fanning would portray Effie before her time as the escort for District 12, twenty four years before the events of the first film. Effie serves as a stylist for the District 12 tributes in order to assist her sister, Proserpina. Although she supports the Hunger Games in principle, Effie shows genuine compassion for the tributes and treats them with kindness and care.

The film adaptation is set to start shooting in July of this year in Germany. As announced at CinemaCon by Lionsgate, Francis Lawrence is set to direct the film with Billy Ray writing the script. Brad Simpson and Nina Jacobson will be producing the film. Jacobson has served as a producer for all four films in the series and Simpson returns after producing The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes.

Fanning will potentially join Charlie Plummer as Haymitch and Emma Thompson as Drusilla, as reported by Nexus Point News. As reported by DanielRPK, Ralph Fiennes has been offered the role of Snow and Kieran Culkin has been offered the role of Caesar Flickerman. Nexus Point News can corroborate these casting updates.

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping is set to release on November 20, 2026.