THE HUNGER GAMES Casts its District 3 Tributes
Two more fresh faced newcomers Ian Nelson and Kalia Prescott have been cast as the District 3 Tributes in Gary Ross' The Hunger Games. The district is known for specializing in electronics, their level of intelligence is used to their advantage. They don't name the characters that the two actors will play, they just label them as District 3 Tribute Boy and Girl.
Nelson and Prescott will join the already cast Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Amandla Stenberg, Dayo Okeniyi, Leven Rambin, Jack Quaid, Liam Hemsworth, Paula Malcolmson and Willow Shields. Elizabeth Banks is in talks to play Effie, and John C. Reilly is in talks to play Haymitch Abernathy.
The Hunger Games takes place in the futuristic ruins of North America, which crumbled and was replaced by a Capitol and 12 districts. Each district is forced to supply 2 teenagers, between 12 and 18. They participate in The Hunger Games, a televised reality series that pits the contestants against one another in a battle to the death. The heroine is 16-year old Katniss Everdeen, a skilled hunter who’s adept with a bow and arrow. She replaces her younger sister, who was chosen in a lottery. She is joined by a baker's son who is also chosen from her dirt poor home district.
The Hunger Games is set to be released on March 23rd 2012.