Nicholas Hoult Joins Those Who Wish Me Dead

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by James White |
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Near the end of January, word arrived that Angelina Jolie would be returning to thriller territory with Taylor Sheridan's new wilderness pic Those Who Wish Me Dead. We now know that Nicholas Hoult will also be part of the cast.

Sheridan adapted the script from Michael Koryta's 2016 novel, and the book's story follows a teenager witnessing a violent crime and given a new identity in a protection programme. When the killers start to hunt him down, he'll have to rely on the people who run the local wilderness survival programme in the Montana mountains to keep him alive. Hoult's role, like Tyler Perry – who Collider says has also landed a role – hasn't been officially confirmed, though it's believed he'll be one of the killers.

Hoult has biopic Tolkien arriving this week, and will be back on mutant duty for X-Men: Dark Phoenix, due 5 June.

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