Monday, April 18, 2011

Banks Wigs Out In Hunger Games Flick

In the second bit of casting news news for "The Hunger Games" film adaptation today The Hollywood Reprter says that Elizabeth Banks will play Effie Trinket in the film


The project is based on the Suzanne Collins novel series which have developed a major following across all age groups and is said to potentially be the 'next Twilight'.

Jennifer Lawrence is set to play heroine Katniss Everdeen

The story involves a young love triangle playing out against a dystopian future where North America has been divided into twelve oppressed districts, each of which is forced to send tribute in the form of a boy and a girl to compete in a televised battle to the death once a year

Banks plays an escort for District 12 whose hair changes color radically throughout the series. In the first book, she's described as wearing a pink wig

Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson also star as the male leads Amandla Stenberg and Dayo Okeniyi are set to play the characters of Rue and Thresh

Collins adapted her own book into script form which Billy Ray has re-written. Gary Ross will call action

The film is due out March 23rd, 2012

No comments: