00:00Oscar-winning actor Kieran Culkin is stepping into the world of The Hunger Games.
00:04The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned that Culkin has been cast as Cesar Flickerman,
00:09the host of The Hunger Games, in the forthcoming film The Hunger Games' Sunrise on the Reaping.
00:14Stanley Tucci portrayed an older version of the character in the first four films in the
00:18franchise that kicked off with The Hunger Games in 2012. Producer Nina Jacobson said of the casting,
00:24Kieran's magnetism, wit, and unpredictability make him a perfect fit for Cesar Flickerman.
00:29A host like Cesar transforms brutality into entertainment,
00:32and an actor as layered as Kieran makes sure we don't look away.
00:36Francis Lawrence is directing the movie adaptation of Suzanne Collins' best-selling novel that will
00:40hit theaters on November 20, 2026. The book Sunrise on the Reaping takes place on the morning of the
00:46reaping for the 50th Hunger Games, 24 years before the events of the first Hunger Games novel and film.
00:52Other recently announced castings include Rafe Fiennes as President Snow and Elle Fanning as Effie
00:57Trinket. For much more on the film and all the latest movie news, go to THR.com. This is The Hollywood
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