After several years, the violent wilderness thriller Those Who Wish Me Dead is finally happening.
Variety reports that Warm Bodies and X-Men star Nicholas Hoult is set to join Angelina Jolie in the film set to be directed by Taylor Sheridan.
The film is based on Michael Koryta’s novel about a 14-year-old boy who witnesses a brutal murder, is issued a false identity and hidden in a wilderness skills program for troubled teens while the killers are slaughtering anyone who gets in their way in a methodical quest to reach him.
THR adds that relative newcomer Finn Little will play the young boy. Does this mean Hoult could be playing the killer?
Tyler Perry and Jon Bernthal (“The Punisher”, “The Walking Dead”) also star.
Bron Studios and Film Rites are producing and Creative Wealth Media will finance the film. Garrett Basch and Steve Zaillian of Film Rites and Bron Studios’ Aaron L. Gilbert are also producing, and Creative Wealth Media’s Jason Cloth is executive producing.