Monday, July 07, 2014

Emily Mortimer Nabs Female Lead In "Spectral"

THR reports that Emily Mortimer is talks to join the supernatural sci-fi thriller Spectral.


 Nic Mathieu is tipped to call action on the film that is described as “Black Hawk Down" with ghosts. The film, which centers on a special-ops team that fights supernatural beings that have taken over New York City.

Mortimer will be a CIA mission leader opposite James Badge Dale’s researcher.

The script was recently re-written by Jayson Rothwell. George Nolfi wrote the initial script with an assist from John Gatins.

 Cory Hardrict Bruce Greenwood and Clayne Crawford Max Martini also star in the pic.

Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni will produce the film Jillian Share Guy Riedel and Sophie Sikora are serving as executive producers.

Legendary Pictures’s Tull is high on the project, according to sources, and sees it as a franchise and had an eye at getting this off the ground ever since they acquired the spec from Ian Fried.

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