Scottish actor James McAvoy has signed on to star in the high-concept action thriller movie "Control".
The movie is directed by "Red" helmer Robert Schwentke and backed by Studiocanal and The Picture Company. It is adapted from the award-winning podcast Shipworm by Zack Akers and Skip Bronkie.
"Control" is a tense ticking-clock thriller centered around a doctor who awakens one morning with an untraceable device planted in his head. He must follow a mysterious voice’s instructions or devastating consequences will unfold.
Shooting will begin in Berlin this summer.
The project puts McAvoy back in action mode, where he has shone in movies "Wanted" and the X-Men franchise, and Night Shyamalan’s "Split" and its sequel "Glass".
The "X-Men" actor most recently starred in the third and final season of the BBC/HBO TV Series "His Dark Materials" reprising his role as Lord Asriel alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ruth Wilson.
In 2022, he returned to the stage to perform in the critically acclaimed and Laurence Olivier Award-nominated Cyrano de Bergerac with director Jamie Lloyd.
McAvoy is most known for his performances on screen in "Atonement", "The Last King of Scotland", "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" and his role as Charles Xavier in the X-men franchise.
Universal has set a theatrical release of Aug. 9, 2024. The studio always had Aug. 9, 2024, rsvp’ed for an event title. "Speak No Evil will" open in the wake of Warner Bros.’ M. Night Shyamalan movie Trap (dated Aug. 2, 2024), who recently went over to the Burbank, CA lot following the release of his Universal title this past winter, Knock at the Cabin ($54.4M WW).
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