Succession star Kieran Culkin has secured the a part of a younger Caesar Flickerman in Lionsgate’s The Starvation Video games: Dawn on the Reaping film adaptation, following months of rumors.
Lionsgate confirmed the information on X/Twitter immediately, confirming that Culkin would certainly seem as The Starvation Video games’ colourful and eccentric TV host in subsequent yr’s book-to-movie adaptation. The thriller of who would play Caesar Flickerman has had readers’ heads spinning since rumors started to swirl earlier this yr. Now that the fancast has been formally confirmed, all eyes are on Lionsgate to deliver its prequel to life.
Dawn on the Reaping is one more prequel adaptation for keen Starvation Video games readers. It takes place after 2023’s The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and lengthy earlier than the occasions of the Jennifer Lawrence-led Starvation Video games films that premiered all through the 2010s. Stanley Tucci was prominently featured as Caesar Flickerman within the movie collection that completed its story in 2015, leaving Culkin with massive sneakers to fill as he preps to play a youthful model of the character.
“Kieran’s scene-stealing presence and simple attraction are good for Caesar Flickerman, the sickeningly watchable host of Panem’s darkest spectacle,” Lionsgate Movement Image Group Co-President Erin Westerman mentioned in an announcement. “Stanley Tucci made Caesar unforgettable—and now Kieran will make the function totally his personal.”
Caesar Flickerman.
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Culkin has left a large mark on TV and movie in the previous few years due to his roles as characters like Roman Roy in Succession and Benji Kaplan in final yr’s A Actual Ache (which received Culkin a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and an Academy Award). Film followers might also acknowledge Culkin from his time as a baby actor in movies like 1991’s Father of the Bride in addition to 1990’s Residence Alone, the place he appeared alongside his brother, Macaulay Culkin. Kieran’s current time within the highlight has seen him construct a profession off of his fast wit, making his casting as The Starvation Video games’ dystopian TV host in Dawn on the Reaping really feel like a match made in heaven.
The Starvation Video games: Dawn on the Reaping’s launch date is presently set for November 20, 2026. When it brings Suzanne Collins’ novel of the identical identify to the large display, viewers can count on to see Culkin star alongside Ralph Fiennes (Conclave, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) as President Coriolanus Snow, Elle Fanning (Tremendous 8) as Effie Trinket, Jesse Plemons (Civil Warfare, Breaking Dangerous) as Plutarch Heavensbee, Joseph Zada (Whole Management) as Haymitch Abernathy, and extra.
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