Ellie Fanning cast as Effie Trinket in new Hunger Games prequel, popular choice with fans. Joseph Zada to play young Haymitch Abernathy in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.

At the same time, Effie is brainwashed to believe that the Hunger Games serve a greater good and even tells Haymitch this after the devastating events that make him only the second-ever District ...

Effie, future escort and advisor to Katniss and Peeta, appears in Haymitch’s orbit by way of her sister, Proserpina. Proserpina is a University student and one of the members of the District 12 ...

As Variety reports, this younger version of Effie is still climbing the ladder in Panem. In Sunrise, she’ll be the stylist for District 12 Tribute Haymitch Abernathy, played here by Joseph Zada.

Banks says that "in the increasingly fascist world we're living in," her character Effie Trinket is "more relevant than ever" -- as Lionsgate continues to announce casting for the Haymitch prequel ...