Paltrow Finds His "Young Ones" Including Hoult

Nicholas Hoult, Michael Shannon, Elle Fanning and Kodi Smit-McPhee have all joined the cast of the  futuristic thriller "Young Ones" says Variety.

The story is set in a violent near-future where water has become the world's most precious (and dwindling) resource. The story follows a fourteen-year-old boy forced use his wits to survive.

Jake Paltrow is directing from a script he wrote.

Tristan Orpen Lynch, Michael Auret, James Atherton, Marina Fuentes, Peter Garde, Brian O'Shea and Jan Pace are producing.

Production got underway last week in South Africa's Northern Cape desert.