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Platinum Dunes’ Sci-Fi Horror ‘Vigilandia’ Casts Up
Max Burkholder, the 14-year-old actor who plays Max Braverman in NBC’s “Parenthood,” has been offered the role of Charlie in Universal’s sci-fi thriller Vigilandia, TheWrap has learned. Also, Adelaide Kane (pictured below), an Australian actress who has appeared in “Power Rangers R.P.M.” and “Neighbors,” has landed the role of Zoey.
Ethan Hawke stars, along with Lena Headey, who plays Cersei Lannister on “Game of Thrones.”
James DeMonaco wrote and is directing the movie. DeMonaco previously worked on Assault on Precinct 13, starring Hawke and Laurence Fishburne. He also is the creator/executive producer of Spike TV’s mini-series “The Kill Point.”
Jason Blum, Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form are producing through Blum’s Blumhouse and Bay’s Platinum Dunes. Why Not Productions also is producing.
Details of the story remain under wraps, although Bloody confirmed it IS horror. The movie is set to begin shooting on February 13. 
In addition to Leigh Whannell’s upcoming Universal Monsters movie Wolf Man, Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel) has also joined the cast of Weapons, THR has announced tonight.
Weapons is the new horror movie from New Line Cinema and director Zach Cregger (Barbarian), with Julia Garner joining the previously announced Josh Brolin (Dune 2).
The upcoming Weapons is from writer/director Zach Cregger, who will also produce alongside his Barbarian producing team: Roy Lee of Vertigo and J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules of BoulderLight Pictures. Vertigo’s Miri Yoon also produces.
The Hollywood Reporter teases, “Plot details for Weapons are being kept holstered but it is described as a multi and inter-related story horror epic that tonally is in the vein of Magnolia, the 1999 actor-crammed showcase from filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.”
Cregger was a founding member and writer for the New York comedy troupe “The Whitest Kids U’Know,” which he started while attending The School of Visual Arts. The award-winning group’s self-titled sketch comedy show ran for five seasons on IFC-TV and Fuse. He was also a series regular on Jimmy Fallon’s NBC series “Guys with Kids” and the TBS hit series “Wrecked,” and was featured in a recurring role on the NBC series “About a Boy.”
Weapons will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
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