Philip Seymour Hoffman was still shooting The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 when he tragically passed away back in 2014. The latter features a young Plutarch as a cameraman for the Games, played by Black Mirror's Jesse Plemons. Murray Close // Getty ImagesRelated: UK film release datesSpeaking to The Hollywood Reporter, director Francis Lawrence shared why the late star's son Cooper Hoffman wasn't cast to play the younger version of his dad, despite their "similarities". LionsgateRelated: Every Hunger Games character who has been recast in Sunrise on the ReapingBased on Stephen King's novel, the 2025 movie stars Hoffman as a contestant in a brutal televised walking competition. The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping is released in cinemas on 20 November.