'Catching Fire' Casts Sam Claflin as Finnick

UPDATED: The "Snow White and the Huntsman" actor has joined the sequel.

Sam Claflin has been officially cast as Finnick Odair in the Hunger Games sequelCatching Fire.

Claflin had been widely speculated to join the sequel, which is set to hit theaters Nov. 22, 2013. He joins new cast members Jena Malone as Johanna Mason and Philip Seymour Hoffman as Plutarch Heavensbee.The Snow White and the Huntsman actor is the latest to join the followup, to be directed by Francis Lawrence.Described as "charismatic" and "clever," Finnick -- from District 4 -- won the Hunger Games when he was 14.

Here's the official logline for the film: "Catching Firebegins as Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) has returned home safe after winning the 74th annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson). Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a 'Victor's Tour' of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) -- a competition that could change Panem forever."

Claflin starred in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Huntsman as Prince William. He recently finished The Quiet Ones opposite Mad Men'sJared Harris and Mary & Martha with Hilary Swank.

Nina Jacobson's Color Force will produce with Jon Kilik.