It's official! On Thursday, Lionsgate announced that it had cast actress Elizabeth Banks in the role of Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games.
Long-rumored (and hinted at earlier in the day on Twitter), the news should come as no surprise to fans of the series.
Banks joins a growing cast of talented young actors -- including Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss, Josh Hutcherson as Peeta, and Liam Hemsworth as Gale. (Check out the rest of the cast so-far here.)
Banks has a long list of experience as both a comedic and a dramatic actress, including roles in W, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and Zack and Miri Make a Porno. She also previously worked with Hunger Games director Gary Ross in Seabiscuit.
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