Williams Takes A "Seventh Son"

Olivia Williams has joined the cast of "The Seventh Son" in an unspecified role says Deadline.

Based on Joseph Delaney’s best-selling series "The Last Apprentice" (aka."The Wardstone Chronicles"), the story follows a young man named Tom (Ben Barnes) in training to be the apprentice of a 'Spook' (Jeff Bridges), a fighter against evil magic, in the 1700's.Trouble begins when his friend Alice (Alicia Vikander) tricked into releasing the most sinister witch in the world (Julianne Moore).

Kit Harington will play the former apprentice of Bridges' character. Antje Traue also stars.

Matt Greenberg adapted the script while from which Russian director Sergey Bodrov (Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan) will call action.

Bodrov, Thomas Tull, Basil Iwanyk and Lionel Wigram are producing.

Production starts in March for a February 15, 2013 bow.