James McAvoy will star in WANTED

By: Karl Schneider
Date: Friday, August 18, 2006
Source: Hollywood Reporter

James McAvoy has signed on to star in the upcoming Universal Pictures film WANTED. The film will be directed by Russian director Timur Bekmambetov.

The sci-fi action film will follow a put-upon young man who discovers that his long-lost father is an assassin. After his dad is murdered, the son is recruited into a covert organization of killers and trained to follow in his father's footsteps.

WANTED is based on a Top Cow comic book which is considered hard-core and thus you can expect the film to be rated R.