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Spielberg Discovery, ‘Twixt’ Star Joins ‘Stoker’
For an actor initially discovered by Steven Spielberg in a video shown at a bat mitzvah, Alden Ehrenreich is doing pretty well for himself, as the Twixt star is in talks to join Mia Wasikowska in the Fox Searchlight thriller Stoker, reports Variety.
Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland) stars as a teenage loner who’s thrown off by the arrival of her mysterious uncle (Matthew Goode, Watchmen) while she mourns the death of her father.
Ehrenreich will play Whip Taylor, an alpha dog on the football team who’s initially kind to Wasikowska’s protag despite the fact that his jock friends pick on her, though he eventually forces himself on her.
Nicole Kidman, Lucas Till and Jacki Weaver co-star in the pic, which Chan-wook Park (Oldboy) is directing from a script that “Prison Break” thesp Wentworth Miller penned under the pseudonym Ted Foulke. Ridley Scott, Tony Scott and Michael Costigan are producing for Scott Free.
Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) is staying busy here in 2024, directing not only the werewolf movie Big Bad but also an upcoming thriller titled Drop.
The project for Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes is being described as a “fast-paced thriller,” and Deadline reports today that Violett Beane (Truth or Dare) has joined the cast.
Newcomer Jacob Robinson has also signed on to star in the mysterious thriller. Previously announced, Meghann Fahy (“White Lotus”) will be leading the cast.
Landon recently teased on Twitter, “This is my love letter to DePalma.”
Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach wrote the script.
Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Brad Fuller and Cameron Fuller — “who brought the script in to Platinum Dunes” — are producing the upcoming Drop. Sam Lerner is an executive producer.
THR notes, “The film is a Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse production for Universal.”
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