Miller Helps To Protect The "Homefront"

Omar Miller has joined the cast of director Gary Fleder's Homefront says Variety.

James Franco stars as a meth kingpin named Gator who runs the small town to which a family, led by an ex-DEA agent (Jason Statham), moves in the hope of a quiet life.

Miller will portray the only real friend to Statham's character, who helps keep him and his daughter safe in the volatile surroundings.

Kate Bosworth will play the meth-addicted sister of Franco. Frank Grillo (Warrior) in talks to costar as a one of Franco’s henchmen,Winona Ryder will play a biker who teams with 'Gator'. Izabela Vidovic joins the pic as Statham's daughter. Rachelle Lefevre will be playing school psychologist "who tries to warn the family about the dangers of living there."

Sylvester Stallone wrote the script adaptation of author Chuck Logan's novel

Logan Kevin King Templeton and Rene Besson will produce the pic.

Production has started in New Orleans.