Philip Seymour Hoffman offered role in "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire"

(CBS News) Philip Seymour Hoffman has reportedly been offered a pivotal role in the next "Hunger Games" film.

The Oscar winner has been asked to take on the role of Plutarch Heavensbee, according to multiple reports.

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Heavensbee becomes the new Gamekeeper in the Capitol, succeeding Seneca Crane (Wes Bentley). The character plays an important part in the events of "Catching Fire," the second novel in Suzanne Collins' trilogy.

Lionsgate had no comment, the reports said.

The film, titled "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," is scheduled to be released on Nov. 22, 2013.

Hoffman just finished a critically-acclaimed run as Willy Loman in the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman."