Gregg Sulkin Nabs Lead Role In "Don't Hang Up"

Former Wizards of Waverly Place co-star Gregg Sulkin has joined the cast of the horror thriller "Don't Hang Up" says Deadline.

In the story Sulkin plays Sam, one of two teenagers whose night of drunken prank calls becomes a nightmare when a stranger turns the tables on them.

 Damien Macé and Alexis Wajsbrot are calling action using Joe Johnson script.

Farah Abushwesha, Laurie Cook, Jason Newmark and Romain Philippe are producing the pic.

Production begins this month in the UK.