Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping has cast Elle Fanning as Effie Trinket, as announced by The Hollywood Reporter. The movie later confirmed the news on Twitter with an excerpt from the book, reading: “You are brilliant Effie Trinket!” Check out the post below.

Confirming what’s been rumored for weeks, Elle Fanning is now set for the role of Effie Trinket, stylist for Haymitch Abernathy in the lead-up to the 50th Hunger Games, in Lionsgate ‘s The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, an adaptation of the bestseller by Suzanne Collins.

The A Complete Unknown actress, 27, is the latest star to join the cast of The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, a prequel to the original films that starred Banks as the lovable escort to District 12's Katniss Everdeen ( Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark ( Josh Hutcherson ).