Mockingjay Casting News: Wes Chatham and Elden Henson Join Hunger Games Franchise as Castor and Pollux

Actors become newest additions to the anticipated adaptation

By Peter Gicas Sep 23, 2013 8:53 PMTags
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If you're, well, hungry for more Hunger Games casting news, you've come to the right place.

It was announced by Lionsgate via Twitter today that Wes Chatham and Elden Henson have signed on to play Castor and Pollux respectively in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Parts 1 & 2.

The actors join a stellar cast that includes Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Julianne Moore in the third and fourth installments of the popular movie franchise.

Directed by Francis Lawrence, Mockingjay actually began filming in Atlanta over the weekend.

Photos have emerged of not only Lawrence (sporting an arm brace!) and Hemsworth making their way to set, but also of Moore, who will play President Alma Coin, in costume.

Meanwhile, the second installment in the series, Catching Fire, hits theaters on Nov. 22.

Mockingjay Part I is scheduled to be released on Nov. 21, 2014, with Mockingjay Part 2 due to open Nov. 20, 2015.