Lionsgate has filled the final major role in "The Hunger Games." Donald Sutherland will play the villainous President Snow.
The studio announced the casting Tuesday morning.
Sutherland joins an impressive cast. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Stanley Tucci, Wes Bentley and Lenny Kravitz also star.
"The Hunger Games" is based on Suzanne Collins' novel — the first in a trilogy.
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In the book, teenagers from the 12 districts of the nation of Panem are forced to participate in an annually televized fight-to-the-death events.