 At the time of his death , Hoffman was filming The Hunger Games : Mockingjay – Part 2 , the final film in the series , and had already completed the majority of his scenes . His two remaining scenes were rewritten to compensate for his absence , and the film was released in November 2015 . Hoffman was also preparing for his second directorial effort , a Prohibition @-@ era drama titled Ezekiel Moss , which was to star Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal . In addition , he had filmed a pilot episode for the Showtime series <unk> , in which he played the lead role of an advertising executive , but plans for a full season were put on hold following his death . The role was later passed on to Steve Coogan . 
