Quvenzhane Wallis On "Slave" Set

"Beasts of the Southern Wild" star Quvenzhané Wallis has joined the cast of "Shame" and "Hunger" director Steve McQueen's "Twelve Years A Slave" as evidenceed by a Twitter set pic.

Set in the mid-19th century, the film tells the true story of New Yorker Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor) who was kidnapped and shipped off into forced labor. Eventually he was rescued from a Louisiana cotton plantation in 1853.

Wallis looks to be playing Northup's daughter.

McQueen and John Ridley (”Bobby,” “Three Kings”) wrote the script.

Paul Dano, Benedict Cumberbatch Garret Dillahunt Paul Giamatti Michael Fassbender, Sarah Paulson Alfre Woodard Brad Pitt Ruth Negga Michael Kenneth Williams Chris Chalk Dwight Henry and Scoot McNairy also star.