Ampert is the son of one of the many returning characters, Beetee, who will be played by Kelvin Harrison Jr. He is following Jeffrey Wright, who portrayed the character in the original Hunger Games movies.

The latest "Hunger Games" movie isn't starving for talented actors, with two more major stars set to join the increasingly stacked cast. Glenn Close and Billy Porter have been cast in the upcoming "Hunger Games" prequel movie "Sunrise on the Reaping,

Lionsgate announced it would be producing a film adaptation of Suzanne Collins' "Sunrise on the Reaping" before the book was even released.