The Lionsgate film has landed the Oscar-winning actor to play the host of the Hunger Games who was previously portrayed by Stanley Tucci.

Confirming what’s been rumored, Kieran Culkin is now set to play Caesar Flickerman, host of the Hunger Games — the role inhabited in earlier films by Stanley Tucci — in Lionsgate ‘s The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, based on the bestseller by Suzanne Collins.

Culkin will play a young Caesar Flickerman, host of the Hunger Games. Stanley Tucci played the character in the first four films.