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Jack Quaid and Leven Rambin Cast As Marvel and Glimmer in ‘The Hunger Games’

Jack Quaid and Leven Rambin Cast As Marvel and Glimmer in 'The Hunger Games'

District 1 has its tributes: Jack Quaid (son of Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan) and Leven Rambin (Sloan’s daughter Sloan on Grey’s Anatomy) will play Marvel and Glimmer in The Hunger Games. In the series, District 1 is one of the richer districts because it manufactures luxury goods for the Capitol. In keeping with the lush lifestyle, the children receive strange names. But don’t think they’re softies: Katniss nicknames the District 1 tributes “Careers” because of how they band together during training. Of course, there can be only one champion. More »

Dayo Okeniyi and Amandla Stenberg Cast As Thresh and Rue in ‘The Hunger Games’

Dayo Okeniyi and Amandla Stenberg Cast As Thresh and Rue in 'The Hunger Games'

Lionsgate has just announced the two newest members of The Hunger Games cast: Dayo Okeniyi and Amandla Stenberg will play Thresh and Rue, District 11′s tributes. Both are unknowns; Okeniyi has appeared in two indie projects, and Stenberg did some dubbing work for movies like Why Did I Get Married Too? Thresh and Rue represent the agriculture-centered District 11, located somewhere in what used to be the South. (I guess our “opposite day” pick of Noah Cyrus for Rue didn’t make the cut…) More »

It’s Opposite Day with ‘The Hunger Games’ Casting!

It's Opposite Day with 'The Hunger Games' Casting!
Katniss Everdeen/Gale Hawthorne - Jennifer Lawrence/Liam Hemsworth
Peeta Mellark - Josh Hutcherson
Primrose Everdeen - Samara from The Ring
Haymitch Abernathy - Colin Firth
Effie Trinket - Kate Winslet

Lionsgate continues to confound us with its casting choices for the March 2012 adaptation of The Hunger Games. Since this epic story comes to us in a book, each of the thousands of readers has a specific view of what each character should look like, yet you would think that there would be enough similarity for an actor to satisfy most fans. But instead, the movie’s casting directors seem to have chosen actors — Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson — who look the complete opposite from their characters’ physical descriptions. We’ve decided to help out and provide actors who may have the chops to play these characters, but look nothing like them. More »

Flight of the Conchords’ Bret McKenzie to Play an Elf (Again) in ‘The Hobbit’

Flight of the Conchords' Bret McKenzie to Play an Elf (Again) in 'The Hobbit'

Bret McKenzie, one half of the comedy-singer duo Flight of the Conchords, is no stranger to Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings films. In fact, the New Zealand-born McKenzie appeared as an extra in the trilogy, named “Figwit” (“Frodo is great… who is that?!”) by the fans. With The Hobbit now shooting in NZ, McKenzie will reprise his role, in a sense — he’ll play not Figwit, but a Rivendell elf named Lindir. More »

Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth Cast in ‘The Hunger Games’

Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth Cast in 'The Hunger Games'

Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games now has its three leads. We already know that Jennifer Lawrence (who’ll be appearing in X-Men: First Class) will play Katniss Everdeen, but now The Kids Are All Right‘s Josh Hutcherson has signed on as Peeta Mellark, and Liam Hemsworth (Miley Cyrus‘ ex, who appeared with her in The Last Song) will round out the book’s love triangle as Gale Hawthorne. More »

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