Philip Seymour Hoffman is dead. So what will happen to Mockingjay I and II?

I know all of you, Hunger Games fans, are devastated to what happened to Philip Seymour Hoffman. And all of you are now questioning to what will happen to the Mockingjay I and II without Mr. Hoffman as Plutarch Heavensbee. So here's the answer from The Wall Street Journal.

Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death Sunday will not impact the scheduled release of “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay” Parts 1 and 2 in November of 2014 and 2015 and will require only modest rewriting, according to a person close to the production.

Mr. Hoffman, who played games-master-turned-rebel Plutarch Heavensbee, had finished shooting virtually all of his scenes for Part 1 save for one in which he did not play a significant role, the person said.

For Part 2, he had about a week left of shooting, including one scene that will have to be written with a different character taking the spot of Plutarch Heavensbee.

Because most of Mr. Hoffman’s scenes were complete, director Francis Lawrence and his team are said to be confident they can complete filming without the character or the films being substantially changed.

“The Hunger Games” was a rare turn in a major studio franchise for Mr. Hoffman, who acted in low budget independent movies for most of his career.

In a statement, “Hunger Games” studio Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. called Mr. Hoffman “one of the most gifted actors of our generation” and said “we’re very fortunate that he graced our ‘Hunger Games’ family.”