Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping has cast Elle Fanning as Effie Trinket, as announced by The Hollywood Reporter. The movie later confirmed the news on Twitter with an excerpt from the book, reading: “You are brilliant Effie Trinket!” Check out the post below.

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.

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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,