Lionsgate has announced in a Tweet from the official Hunger Games account that American Horror Story star Lily Rabe has joined The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Parts 1 & 2.
They said: ‘It’s official! Please welcome Lily Rabe as Commander Lyme to the cast of @TheHungerGames: Mockingjay Parts 1&2’
Commander Lyme comes from District 2 and is a previous Hunger Games tournament, who becomes an important part of the rebellion against the Capitol that has been brewing even since Katniss and Peeta went into the brutal arena.
The talented Rabe joins a cast that includes Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss Everdeen), Josh Hutcherson (Peeta Mellark), Liam Hemsworth (Gale Hawthorne), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Plutarch Heavensbee), Julianne Moore (Alma Coin), Natalie Dormer (Cressida), Stef Dawson (Annie Cresta), and Evan Ross (Messalla).
Francis Lawrence is set to direct the movies, with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 due out November 21st, 2014, with Part 2 coming almost exactly a year later on November 20th, 2015. Before that we have Catching Fire this November.