Lionsgate has sent out a press release announcing that newcomer Willow Shields has landed the role of Primrose Everdeen in Gary Ross' adaptation of The Hunger Games. Primrose is the younger sister of protagonist Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawerence). When Primrose is selected to fight as one of District 12's tributes in the deadly Hunger Games, Katniss volunteers to take her sister's place. Said Ross of casting Shields, "It's so ..."