John C. Reilly Joins 'Hunger Games' Rumor Mill

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Looks like 'The Hunger Games' has replaced Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit' as the Net film topic buzz du dour.

On Friday, Paula Malcomson ('Caprica') was cast to play Mrs. Everdeen, mother of Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Prim (Willow Shields), two of the main characters in the Gary Ross adaptation of Suzanne Collins' sprawling post-apocalyptic novels. She was added to a list that already included, in addition to Lawrence and Shields, Elizabeth Banks, Leven Rambin, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Amandla Stenberg and Dayo Okeniyi.

That led the folks over at SlashFilm to put together a list of roles that need to be cast and the stars they felt could fill those shoes: There are several prominent adult roles in addition to 18 more (out of 24 total) Tributes, the teenage participates in the actual Hunger Games themselves. And no sooner did they post their list than SlashFilm reported a rumor from Vulture that John C. Reilly is in talks to play Haymitch Abernathy, one of the most important roles in the film -- the drunken, former winner of the Hunger Games who helps to train Katniss and Peeta (Hutcherson) for the games.

You can check out their list here -- but before you do, here's a refresher on the plot line:

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Source: http://blog.moviefone.com/2011/04/24/john-c-reilly-joins-hunger-games-rumor-mill/

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