Jeffrey Wright To Play Beetee In The Hunger Games Catching Fire
We waited forever for the announcement of Sam Caflin as Finnick Odair and if you thought that was the end of the big casting announcements think again as Lionsgate films have just officially announced Jeffrey Wright is the latest name to join the sequel The Hunger Games:Catching Fire.
Without going into too much detailsย with out treading into spoiler territory Wright will play the role of Beetee not named after British Telecom (sorry bad editor joke) but the District 3 electronic expert who also has a nickname of ‘Volts’. This was a role that Tony Shalhoub (Monk) was also connected too at one point though fantastic as the OCD conscious detective Wright does look the stronger better actor. Though he will be a supportive role Beetee will have quite a few scenes with another new character Wireless played by Amanda Plummer.
Jeffrey Wright joins Sam Caflin (Finnick Odair), Stephanie Leigh Schund (Cashmere), Maria Howell (Seeder), E Roger Mitchell (Chaff),Bruno Gunn (Brutus), Phillip Seymour Hoffman (Plutarch Heavensbee) , Amanda Plummer (Wireless) and Jena Malone (Johanna Mason) , Lynn Cohen (Mags), Meta Golding (Enobaria) and Alan Ritchson (Gloss) as the newbies to what is now looking a very impressive cast built by new director Francis Lawrence.
The Hunger Games:Catching Fire filming is about about to start shortly, so is there anyone we haven’t forgotten about? When the news comes if any we’ll cover it here.Lionsgate will release THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE on November 22, 2013 and if you don’t know The Hunger Games was released this week on DVD, Blu-Ray you can read our views on the film here.
Here is the official press release from Lionsgate on Jeffrey Wright’s casting:
Santa Monica, CA, September 7, 2012- Lionsgateยฎ and the filmmakers of THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE are pleased to announce that Jeffrey Wright has been cast in the role of Beetee in the much anticipated film adaptation of Suzanne Collinsโ worldwide smash hit novel Catching Fire. Hailing from District 3, Beetee earns the nickname โVoltsโ because of his electronics expertise.
Critically acclaimed and known to theater, film and television audiences alike, Wright garnered a Tonyยฎ Award in 1994 for his work in Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize-winning epic โAngels in Americaโ and reprised his โAngelsโ role in HBO’s 2003 mini-series adaptation of the play, earning both a Golden Globeยฎ and an Emmyยฎ for his groundbreaking performance.ย ย Since then he has played memorable roles in films as diverse as BASQUIAT, SOURCE CODE, CASINO ROYALE and QUANTUM OF SOLACE, W, SYRIANA, and CADDLIAC RECORDS.ย ย Wright can next be seen with Mark Walhberg, Russell Crowe and Katherine Zeta-Jones in Allen Hughes’ political thriller BROKEN CITY.THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE begins as Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark.ย ย Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a “Victor’s Tour” of the districts.ย ย Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) – a competition that could change Panem forever.THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE will be directed by Francis Lawrence, and produced by Nina Jacobsonโs Color Force in tandem with producer Jon Kilik. The novel on which the film is based is the second in a trilogy that has sold more than 50 million books in print and digital in the U.S. alone.Lionsgate will release THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE on November 22, 2013.
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