Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Willow Shields will be Prim in 'The Hunger Games'

Another day and another casting announcement for the upcoming "Hunger Games" adaptation, with newcomer Willow Shields joining the project as Primrose Everdeen.

Willow Shields
Prim is heroine Catniss Everdeen's (Jennifer Lawrence, "Winter's Bone") younger sister in Suzanne Collin's best-selling trilogy of novels.

Shields appeared in an episode of the USA series "In Plain Sight" and has a role in the upcoming TV movie "Beyond the Blackboard," which debuts this Sunday at 9 p.m. on CBS.

The actress joins a cast which already includes Josh Hutcherson ("Bridge to Terabithia"), Liam Hemsworth ("The Last Song"), Leven Rambin ("All My Children") and fellow newcomers Jack Quaid, Amandla Stenberg and Dayo Okeniyi. Elizabeth Banks is also in talks to star.

The film will be directed by Gary Ross ("Seabiscuit," "Pleasantville") based on a screenplay from Bill Ray ("State of Play"). It is set for a March 23, 2012, release.

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