Lionsgate Comments on Philip Seymour Hoffman's Passing; MOCKINGJAY Mostly Filmed

Very sad news today in the entertainment world: Oscar, Tony and multi-award winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead from suspected drug overdose on Sunday afternoon at his apartment in Manhattan's West Village. For news on the actor's passing, click here.

Lionsgate released the following statement today on the passing of Oscar-winner Philip Seymour Hoffman:

"Philip Seymour Hoffman was a singular talent and one of the most gifted actors of our generation. We're very fortunate that he graced ourHunger Games family. Losing him in his prime is a tragedy, and we send our deepest condolences to Philip's family."

Deadline is also reporting that Hoffman had filmed the "majority of his work" on Lionsgate's upcoming final installments of The Hunger Games franchise - Mockingjay Parts 1 & 2, with just a week of filming left on the second movie. No news yet on what Lionsgate will do to make up for the missed footage of Hoffman as 'Plutarch Heavensbee'. Part 1 is set for release on November 21, 2014, with Part 2 scheduled to hit theaters on November 20, 2015.

Hoffman most recently appeared on stage in 2012's revival of Death of a Salesman, for which he received a Tony nomination for Best Actor in a Play. The show marked his return to Broadway for the first time since his critically acclaimed, Tony-nominated performance in Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night in 2003. He also received a Tony Award nomination in 2000 for his performance in Sam Shepard's True West.

His Off-Broadway credits included The Seagull at the NYSF/Delacorte Theatre (dir: Mike Nichols), Othello, The Merchant of Venice, Shopping and f-ing, Defying Gravity and The Author's Voice. As co-artistic director of theLAByrinth Theatre Company, he has directed productions of Stephen Adly Guirgis' Jesus Hopped the A Train, Our Lady of 121st Street, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot and The Little Flower of East Orange, and also starred in and directed Jack Goes Boating. He won the 2005 Academy Award and Golden Globe Award, among other honors for Capote. His film credits also include Boogie Nights, Happiness, Magnolia, The Talented Mr. Ripley, State and Main, Almost Famous, Cold Mountain, Charlie Wilson's War (dir: Mike Nichols), Doubt (Academy Award nomination), Jack Goes Boating, Moneyball, The Ides of March, The Master and, the Hunger Games among others.

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