The A Complete Unknown actress, 27, is the latest star to join the cast of The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, a prequel to the original films that starred Banks as the lovable escort to District 12's Katniss Everdeen ( Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark ( Josh Hutcherson ).

Elizabeth Banks has congratulated Elle Fanning on being cast as her character Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games prequel. Fanning joins Ralph Fiennes as President Snow, Joseph Zada as Haymitch, Jesse Plemons as Plutarch Heavensbee,

Lionsgate has officially cast Elle Fanning actress as a younger Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping , the next installment in the billion-dollar dystopian franchise. Directed by Francis Lawrence and based on Suzanne Collins’ upcoming novel,