Elle Fanning has signed on to play Effie Trinket in Suzanne Collins adaptation 'The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.'

Elizabeth Banks has congratulated Elle Fanning on being cast as her character Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games prequel. Fanning joins Ralph Fiennes as President Snow, Joseph Zada as Haymitch, Jesse Plemons as Plutarch Heavensbee,

Succeeding Elizabeth Banks in the role she originated through the original Hunger Games trilogy, Fanning is someone that the fanbase has been calling for some time. Her time on one of the best Hulu original series - The Great - proves it, as she carries in a practically Effie way throughout that show’s run.

Lionsgate has officially cast Elle Fanning actress as a younger Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping , the next installment in the billion-dollar dystopian franchise. Directed by Francis Lawrence and based on Suzanne Collins’ upcoming novel,

Elle Fanning has been cast as Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. She joins a star-studded cast including Joseph Zada, Maya Hawke, and Ralph Fiennes