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 ).

The Hunger Games movies were wildly popular, and is of the best book to screen adaptations of all time. Panem returned to theaters with The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and fans are hyped for the forthcoming movie version of Sunrise on the Sunset.

Elizabeth Banks reacted to Ellie Fanning taking over her Effie Trinket role for the upcoming prequel series, The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.Effie Trinket was the loveable escort