Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in New York Sunday morning at the age of 46. The actor, who had been at Sundance just two weeks ago promoting two films, had several other projects for both film and TV on the horizon, including his long-gestating directorial project.
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Hoffman, who starred as head gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee in Lionsgate's The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, was set to reprise his role in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 1 and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 2. The YA adaptation starring Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson has been filming in Atlanta, with both films being shot back-to-back. At the premiere for Catching Fire, director Francis Lawrence told THR that after the Christmas break they would be shooting for three more months in Atlanta before heading to Europe for two additional months of shooting.
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Great loss.
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