District 9 reaps its tributes for 'The Hunger Games'

The reaping is almost complete with the addition of District 9.

Although fans of Suzanne Collins' "The Hunger Games" never discover the specialty of District 9, we do now know who will be playing its tributes in the upcoming film adaptation of the best-selling trilogy.

The movie's Facebook page has been updated to include Imanol Yepez-Frias and Annie Thurman, the latest newcomers to join the production. Thurman will appear in another film set in a dystopian future this year, "Falls the Shadow," from writer/director Steven Berryessa.

Like most of the tributes, neither of these roles is a large one, but District 9's male tribute is notable in the novel for being the first competitor Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence, "Winter's Bone") sees killed in the games.

The story follows Katniss and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson, "Bridge to Terabithia") from District 12 as they and 22 other tributes are forced to fight to the death by the Capitol in an annual, televised event.

Yepez-Frias and Thurman join fellow tributes Leven Rambin, Jack Quaid, Amandla Stenberg, Dayo Okeniyi, Ian Nelson,  Kalia Prescott, Jacqueline Emerson, Chris Mark, Ethan Jamieson, Tara Macken, Sam Ly, Leigha Hancock, Samuel Tan and MacKenzie Lintz.

The film also stars Liam Hemsworth ("The Last Song"), Elizabeth Banks ("The Next Three Days"), Paula Malcomson ("Sons of Anarchy"), Wes Bentley ("American Beauty") and newcomer Willow Shields ("Beyond the Blackboard").

This just leaves the unnamed tributes from District 10 along with Cato and Clove from District 2. Also yet to be cast are Katniss and Peeta's mentor Haymitch Abernathy, Katniss' designer Cinna and President Coriolanus Snow.

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 and is expected to be rated PG-13.