With The Hunger Games universe expanding, so is the cast of its latest installment: Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping . The studio has found its Haymitch Abernathy and his girlfriend Lenore Dove Baird, as well as Mayslie Donner. Newcomer Joseph Zada will play Abernathy, Gossip Girl reboot star Whitney Peak will be Baird and McKenna Grace will play Mayslie. Fans of the franchise know Abernathy was played by Woody Harrelson earlier in the franchise. Lionsgate heads and producer on Whitney Peak and Joseph Sada’s casting “ The Hunger Games franchise has long been a launching pad for remarkable young actors, and Jo and Whitney carry that legacy forward with incredible heart, depth, and fire,” Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Co-President Erin Westerman said, per Deadline , about Zada and Peak. “After auditioning hundreds of gifted performers from around the world, these two stood out — not just for their talent, but for the emotional truth they brought to these iconic...
