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Legendary Casts Seventh Son

Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. have cast two fresh faces as the young leads in supernatural family film THE SEVENTH SON, reports Variety.

Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. have cast two fresh faces as the young leads in supernatural family film THE SEVENTH SON, reports Variety. Sam Claflin (PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES) and Alicia Vikander are in talks to play Tom and Alice, respectively. The story follows the teenaged seventh son of a seventh son who is taught wizardry from a ghost.

Jeff Bridges is in negotiations to play the specter, while Julianne Moore is talking about the role of the witch.

MONGOL director Sergei Bodrov is set to helm. Thunder Road's Basil Iwanyk, Legendary's Thomas Tull and Lionel Wigram are the producers. Jon Jashni and Alysia Cotter are the exec producers. Legendary's Jillian Zacks and Thunder Road's Erica Lee are shepherding the project.

The film is based on Joseph Delaney's YA book THE SPOOK'S APPRENTICE.

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