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7:49 pm - 05/29/2012

Catching Fire's Finnick: Casting Down to Final Three?

Has The Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire found its Finnick Odair? Not just yet, but it sounds like the movie franchise's studio Lionsgate could be getting close to finally picking its man to play the dreamy tribute...

A source tells us at that the top three names being bantered about right now are Armie Hammer, Taylor Kitsch and Garrett Hedlund. (ugh) The source also says that a final decision from the studio may be announced as early as this week. However, another source says the studio may also be looking at unknowns à la Brad Pitt in Thelma & Louise.

Filming is scheduled to begin in the fall with Francis Lawrence taking over the directing reigns from Gary Ross. Catching Fire will be released on Nov. 22, 2013.

All three actors come with star status. Hammer will next be seen playing the title role in the Lone Ranger flick opposite Johnny Depp as Tonto. Tron Legacy's Hedlund was also a big Cannes Film Festival headline with the premiere of On The Road with Kristen Stewart and Kirsten Dunst while Kitsch can currently be seen in Battleship.

Reps for the three did not comment. A Lionsgate rep said, "As with the first film, we won't be confirming, denying or commenting on any casting rumors for this title. We will announce news wide when there is official casting news to announce."

Robert Pattinson recently told USA Today that rumors he was in talks to play Finnick were not true.

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I vote none of these just to piss off all the fangirls on tumblr
brucelynn 29th-May-2012 11:55 pm (UTC)
RACIST
maeir 29th-May-2012 11:59 pm (UTC)
MTE
tammyinlalaland 30th-May-2012 12:06 am (UTC)
how is it racist? he was discribed as a white guy with a tan... sort of a golden, sun-kissed glow from being around the sea (iirc)
flaca 30th-May-2012 12:08 am (UTC)
lol he was not described as white, and white people aren't the only ones who can tan, tammy.
brucelynn 30th-May-2012 12:08 am (UTC)
did they actually specify he was white though?

I'm just asking because people used this same excuse for Katniss
shining_starsxx 30th-May-2012 12:09 am (UTC)
POC can be golden and sun-kissed too......
themainoffice 30th-May-2012 12:21 am (UTC)
oh my god stop embarrassing yourself
goo82 I think she looks golden30th-May-2012 12:48 am (UTC)
callme_morbid 30th-May-2012 12:17 am (UTC)
you know how it is sis. the industry favors #ffffff men.

Edited at 2012-05-30 12:19 am (UTC)
lucky_latkes 30th-May-2012 12:38 am (UTC)
Idk why people are arguing with Tammy up there. It's always the same stupid shit with them. It's like dealing with kimberwyn, except this person is denser than fruitcake.
jamie_gw 30th-May-2012 12:46 am (UTC)
all they said about his skin was that he was tan and golden, but didn't they say he had blond hair? w/e I don't see the racism. Making Rue white would have been racist, but Finnick is obv open to interpretation. I pictured him as a blond surfer dude.
chuk_is_dazzled 30th-May-2012 01:03 am (UTC)
MTE
frisbeetarian 30th-May-2012 02:14 am (UTC)
did they specifically put "caucasian" in the casting like they did for katniss and the rest? just really bugs me because the hunger games was one of the few young adult books where race wasn't set whereas in all the popular books these days all the main characters are white.
pennylane101 30th-May-2012 02:06 pm (UTC)
jessie D':
darkdarling 30th-May-2012 05:04 pm (UTC)
even if they must cast white, they could find people that fit better the role, I don't see either as Finnick.
ugly_jacket 29th-May-2012 11:55 pm (UTC)
i didn't imagine finnick as white tbh
wearescientists 30th-May-2012 12:22 am (UTC)
neither did i tbh
xdecadentx 30th-May-2012 09:48 am (UTC)
I did, personally, I pictured him to be very blond and tanned, like someone else said, a bit Paul Walker-esque.
liliana_ 29th-May-2012 11:56 pm (UTC)
Oh cool, I see they're casting via tumblr now
blooms_lady 30th-May-2012 04:38 am (UTC)
Lol
drcorton 29th-May-2012 11:56 pm (UTC)
Jesse Williams and I say this because I really don't give a fuck

but omg Taylor Kitsch is like the black death for movies don't touch him.
missyyyyyy 29th-May-2012 11:58 pm (UTC)
lol, mte
littlehayzay 30th-May-2012 12:01 am (UTC)
He's the movie version of Chyler Leigh and Alex O'Loughlin... eventually he'll be in something profitable that won't get cancelled after a half a second or be just awful.
iamglory 30th-May-2012 12:27 am (UTC)
I think Taylor Kitsch just should be told to go to gay porn
chokey_lowkey 30th-May-2012 10:43 pm (UTC)
lol @ this comment
cadaver_andante 30th-May-2012 12:29 am (UTC)
he was so shitty in battleship it's amazing.

and yes, i want jesse williams!!
squishinator 30th-May-2012 12:38 am (UTC)
HE JUST NEEDS TO BE GIVEN A REAL CHANCE OK.


LIKE ANYTHING IS GOING TO HURT THE HUNGER GAMES FRANCHISE COME ON
le_postergirl 30th-May-2012 01:18 am (UTC)
came in to say exactly this, so A+.
punkylana 30th-May-2012 02:48 am (UTC)
oh, leave bb Kitsch alone
nicholasdee 30th-May-2012 02:58 am (UTC)
even taylor kitsch couldn't sink this ship.
ectypes 30th-May-2012 04:16 am (UTC)
unf jesse williams yes pls

i dont know who this finnick person is or what they look like, but jesse will do juss fine for me thanks.
kimberwyn 30th-May-2012 05:46 am (UTC)
lol ikr, do they want it to flop??
godramaclub 30th-May-2012 05:48 pm (UTC)
Taylor Kitsch looks a bit like my fiancé. I think my fiancé is cuter though.
themaus 29th-May-2012 11:56 pm (UTC)
Stop trying to make Taylor Kitsch happen.
treatyoself 30th-May-2012 12:01 am (UTC)
He's not going to happen.
shadowpiranha 30th-May-2012 12:14 am (UTC)
I keep saying that too!
missmoelove3 30th-May-2012 12:17 am (UTC)
THIS
hemsworth 30th-May-2012 12:18 am (UTC)
IKR? dnw that flop near catching fire
jamie_gw 30th-May-2012 12:49 am (UTC)
you're right, that'll definitely sink it
iamglory 30th-May-2012 12:28 am (UTC)
YES! People need to stop....it's not going to work....he has the worst agents on earth who put him in the worst movies ever.
squishinator 30th-May-2012 12:39 am (UTC)
YOU STOP.
false_hate 30th-May-2012 12:42 am (UTC)
I can't believe he's getting another chance for a flopbuster
anniemann101 30th-May-2012 12:48 am (UTC)
completely my sentiments.
carriehunt 30th-May-2012 01:05 am (UTC)
anyone named "taylor" automatically has a point against them tbh
le_postergirl 30th-May-2012 01:19 am (UTC)
your comment <3
your icon <3 <3
milkradio 30th-May-2012 02:29 am (UTC)
Ikr.
punkylana 30th-May-2012 02:49 am (UTC)
I love the guy :( (of course I don't see him as FINNICK, DUH) but stop!
hera_bearrra 30th-May-2012 03:47 am (UTC)
I don't care for him, TBH. There's at least 50 other actors in Hollywood right now just like him.
michelleantonia 30th-May-2012 06:03 am (UTC)
He's already happened, in a legit, much more significant way. Not Hollywood box office, but who gives a shit?
lathwen1 30th-May-2012 06:29 am (UTC)
he's happening
chantonii 30th-May-2012 11:36 am (UTC)
IA.
jazzypom This30th-May-2012 03:00 pm (UTC)
He's had what, three chances as a lead (four, if The Savages by Oliver Stone is anything to go by). For real, can't they chose someone else to be a 'stah'?
saikaro_x 29th-May-2012 11:56 pm (UTC)
i was going to say that armie hammer seems to be too old for the part but then i looked him up and he's 25?! damn, i thought he was in his mid-30s.
anus 29th-May-2012 11:58 pm (UTC)
holy crap I thought he was in his 30s too o___o
actxappalledx 30th-May-2012 12:02 am (UTC)
yea he looks much older than he is. i don't get why people want him so bad tho, tbh. i don't even think his body type is anything like i imagined finnick. Armie is too beefy.. I always saw Finnick as much leaner, with a swimmers body
saikaro_x 30th-May-2012 12:04 am (UTC)
same here, i pictured him more slender.
sheinhardt 30th-May-2012 02:28 am (UTC)
Same. Also Armie is not the kind of handsome I imagined Finnick to be. He's too clean cut.
ibelieveinsa 30th-May-2012 04:09 am (UTC)
Jesse Williams is going to be 31 and everyone wants him to be Finnick. Yet he looks his age and can't act. and this is coming from someone who thinks he can sit on my face anytime he likes.
lady_lovey 30th-May-2012 06:39 pm (UTC)
Yep, Finnick's meant to have a swimmer's body, he has a Jocks body.
tammyinlalaland 30th-May-2012 12:03 am (UTC)
Finnick is in his late 20s early 30s
enid_keaner 30th-May-2012 12:08 am (UTC)
There is no way Armie Hammer is 25. He has got to be lying up a storm.
jamie_gw 30th-May-2012 12:49 am (UTC)
armie hammer seems to be too ugly for the part tbh
withoutyoursmil 30th-May-2012 01:13 am (UTC)
WHAT? Wow. I would never have thought he was younger than like 33. Whoa.
chantonii 30th-May-2012 11:39 am (UTC)
I thought he was 35. I thought Jesse Williams was at least five years younger than him.
lady_lovey 30th-May-2012 06:31 pm (UTC)
wat? really? damn.
ellaellaeheheh 29th-May-2012 11:56 pm (UTC)
Maybe Taylor can be in a sucess now....


yeah, not that excited for this casting anyway
woollymammoth 29th-May-2012 11:58 pm (UTC)
Taylor is actually quite talented, he's just been pigeonholed into the "shitty wannabe BO hits" corner of Hollywood.
ellaellaeheheh 29th-May-2012 11:59 pm (UTC)
ik. I'm a FNL fan. I was just trying to make a joke. I feel bad for him. The whole John Carter marketing was a mess. he had no hope.
jamie_gw 30th-May-2012 12:52 am (UTC)
ia
punkylana 30th-May-2012 02:50 am (UTC)
ia, TY
lathwen1 30th-May-2012 06:33 am (UTC)
ia
hahahey 29th-May-2012 11:56 pm (UTC)
wow @ all these white people, surprise surprise
brucelynn 29th-May-2012 11:57 pm (UTC)
It's like Christmas in May
sandstorm 30th-May-2012 12:15 am (UTC)
It's like they're dreaming of a white Christmas.
candycheeks 30th-May-2012 12:00 am (UTC)
ikr :|
mellowsound 30th-May-2012 12:01 am (UTC)
lmao. but yeah :/
callme_morbid 30th-May-2012 12:03 am (UTC)
mte
shadowpiranha 30th-May-2012 12:17 am (UTC)
redkay23 29th-May-2012 11:56 pm (UTC)
Damn, I kind of got into the Jesse Williams idea. Love FNL but I can't see Taylor in the role for some reason. Of the other two Armie looks the part more I guess.
nicenicegirl 30th-May-2012 12:05 am (UTC)
i hopped on the Jesse Williams train as well. he's more of what i pictured. a cross between him and Samuel Larson from Glee(the Jesus kid)
irinafan 30th-May-2012 12:19 am (UTC)
Jesse would be A+++, but he's on contract with ABC/Grey's Anatomy. =(
colorzplosion 30th-May-2012 12:34 am (UTC)
ikr? I got so excited about jesse williams :(
fionaapple 29th-May-2012 11:56 pm (UTC)
I've been converted to Jesse Williams as the best choice for Finnick. But out of all of those, I'd be okay with Garrett or Armie. Armie was great in J. Edgar and saved Mirror, Mirror.
djtino224 30th-May-2012 12:44 am (UTC)
ONTD really warmed me up to the idea of Jesse Williams as Finnick. YUM.
woollymammoth 29th-May-2012 11:57 pm (UTC)
People need to stop hiring Garrett Hedlund.
luvthatdrtywata 30th-May-2012 12:12 am (UTC)
lies detected. he's not right for this part but he's a good actor.
hemsworth 30th-May-2012 12:19 am (UTC)
this
woollymammoth 30th-May-2012 12:25 am (UTC)
If being wooden is considered acting.
hateistoodark 30th-May-2012 01:01 am (UTC)
I think he'd be okay just i want him to stay away from franchises for a while (and quit Akira)
iamtheliquorr 30th-May-2012 02:43 am (UTC)
ia

it's a shame he and/or his agent make such terrible movie choices all the time
kris_terror 30th-May-2012 12:47 am (UTC)
False.
anolinde 30th-May-2012 01:24 am (UTC)
He's actually a pretty damn good actor. Have you watched Country Strong? He was amazing in that.
chantonii 30th-May-2012 11:41 am (UTC)
IA. I don't get him. Blerk.
stellarlyssa 29th-May-2012 11:57 pm (UTC)
I mean, I love Tim Riggins as much as the next girl, but these options are about as boring/safe as it gets.
katiefitch 29th-May-2012 11:57 pm (UTC)
the only one of these i'd be ok with is armie
music_lover56 29th-May-2012 11:57 pm (UTC)
Armie please. Even though Finnick is always Jesse Williams for ONTD.
nemoteen 29th-May-2012 11:57 pm (UTC)
At this point, I feel like if Taylor Kitsch is cast it's setting the movie up to flop. Poor dude can't catch a break.
homicidalslayer 30th-May-2012 12:21 am (UTC)
On the flip side, this could be exactly what's needed to balance out his cinematic karma.
valentineninja 30th-May-2012 01:14 am (UTC)
I loved him as Gambit, but every movie after that seems to be going against him.:/
ghost_helwig 30th-May-2012 01:30 am (UTC)
I agree with all of this. His luck is pitiful. :/
rabbitncavylove 30th-May-2012 01:59 am (UTC)
he needs to stop picking crappy movies
calcified 30th-May-2012 02:08 am (UTC)
These comments are so stupid lol. It's fucking HUNGER GAMES.
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