Update: Phillip Seymour Hoffman Joins The Cast Of ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’
Update: Well we reported this almost a month ago and now it’s official. Variety is reporting that Lionsgate officially announced today that Phillip Seymour Hoffman is indeed joining the cast of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Thanks for reporting that Variety but we pretty much knew that a month ago!
Earlier today Variety’s Jeff Sneider tweeted that Phillip Seymour Hoffman has been offered a role in the highly anticipated sequel to ‘The Hunger Games’. But what role would he be playing?
“In the 74th Hunger Games, he is the judge that falls into the punch bowl when Katniss shoots an arrow at the apple in the suckling pig’s mouth. In Catching Fire, he is the new Head Gamemaker following the execution of Seneca Crane. He is later shown to be the leader of the rebellion movement in the Districts, and is the mastermind behind the plan to break the tributes out of the arena in Catching Fire.”
‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ is set to hit theaters November 22, 2013.
