Maika Monroe joins Sony’s young adult alien invasion thriller The 5th Wave, and will play the role of Ringer opposite Chloe Grace Moretz, TheWrap writes.
J. Blakeson is directing the adaptation of Rick Yancey’s bestselling YA novel, which has a screenplay by Susannah Grant. Nick Robinson and Alex Roe also have lead roles, while Liev Schreiber is in final talks for a villain role.
Moretz plays Cassie Sullivan, one of the last surviving humans left on a planet savaged by waves of alien attacks. When her little brother goes missing, she journeys to find him, meeting a mysterious young man named Evan Walker (Roe) along the way.
Robinson’s Ben Parish takes Cassie’s little brother under his wing, while Monroe’s Ringer is another member of his team, tough and capable with a gun.
Tobey Maguire, Graham King, and Lynn Harris are producing, with Matthew Plouffe and Denis O’Sullivan executive producing.
“The 5th Wave” will be released on January 19, 2016. The book is the first in a planned trilogy. The second book in the series, “The Infinite Sea,” is out in September.