After a blockbuster year in which he co-starred in three studio tentpoles, James Badge Dale is in negotiations to star in Legendary’s upcoming supernatural thriller “Spectral,” TheWrap has learned.
Nic Mathieu is directing the movie, which Jillian Share and Alex Hedlund are overseeing for Legendary.
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The original treatment, which was described as a supernatural “Black Hawk Down,” was purchased from Ian Fried, though George Nolfi wrote the script with an assist from rewriter John Gatins.
Dale co-starred in Paramount’s “World War Z,” and Disney’s “Iron Man 3” and “The Lone Ranger.”