Australian actor Liam Hemsworth joined the Lionsgate adaptation of The Hunger Games on April 4, taking on the role of Katniss' best friend/hunting partner Gale Hawthorne. Though Gale plays a small role in the first book of Collins' trilogy, his part may be expanded.
Frederick M. Brown/Getty ImagesLiam Hemsworth has been cast as the lead in Relativity Media‘s romantic drama Timeless, which Salt director Phillip Noyce will helm. Bill Kelly (Enchanted) wrote the screenplay, which follows a man’s efforts to develop a scientific breakthrough that will turn back time after his wife dies.
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Sunil Perkash and Relativity CEO Ryan Kavanaugh are producing; Relativity co-president Tucker Tooley is an executive producer.
Repped by WME and ROAR, Hemsworth will next be seen in The Hunger Games in March and The Expendables 2 in August. He last appeared in the 2010 romantic drama The Last Song.
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The UTA-repped Noyce most recently directed Salt and Catch a Fire.
The WME-repped Kelly also penned Premonition.
Relativity’s recent releases include Haywire, Immortals and Machine Gun Preacher.
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