Effie is a chaperone who was portrayed quite brilliantly by Elizabeth Banks in the original Hunger Games movies, and in this prequel she'll appear in her younger days as an emergency escort and ...

Close’s character Drusilla is the Capitol-assigned escort to the Tributes, just as Effie Trinket (Elizabeth Banks) was the escort to Katniss and Peeta in the main series.

The film will arrive in theaters November 20, 2026. Has the Sunrise on the Reaping film started production yet? The film is still in early rounds of casting. Who will play Haymitch Abernathy ...

Elle Fanning has been confirmed for the role of a younger Effie Trinket, portrayed by Elizabeth Banks in the original four films.

Elizabeth Banks played Effie Trinket, Katniss and Peeta's handler from the Capitol, in the original "Hunger Games" trilogy, and the character appears as a young stylist in "Sunrise on the Reaping." ...

Pack your bags, because we are going back to Panem for Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, and we already have our new Haymitch Abernathy, Effie Trinket, President Snow, Lenore Dove Baird ...

After many rumors, Deadline confirms that Elle Fanning will play a younger Effie Trinket. This well-known The Hunger Games character was first played by Elizabeth Banks in the first four movies.

Fanning will play a version of Effie who’s 24 years younger than in the first Hunger Games movie, where the character was portrayed by Elizabeth Banks.