“Game of Thrones” and Hunger Games: Mockingjay babe Natalie Dormer has locked the lead in supernatural thriller The Forest, writes Heat Vision.
Jason Zada is directing the film from a script rewritten by Sarah Cornwell and Nick Antosca and based on an original idea by David S. Goyer.
The Lava Bear Films and Phantom Four film is set in the Aokigahara forest at the base of Mt. Fuji. “The story centers on a young American woman (Dormer) who goes in search of her missing twin sister. Despite everyone’s warnings to “stay on the path,” Sara enters the forest determined to discover the truth about her sister’s fate, only to be confronted by the angry and tormented souls of the dead who prey on anyone who wanders the forest.”
Focus acquired North American distribution rights to the film earlier this year, with plans to release the film on January 8, 2016.