The Fear remake will be adapted by Academy Award-nominated writer Jonathan Herman with Brian Grazer set to produce again through his Imagine Entertainment banner.
Her other credits include the romantic drama Everything, Everything; the 2018 dystopian thriller The Darkest Minds; and the critically-acclaimed drama The Hate U Give opposite Regina Hall, Common, and Anthony Mackie.
Deadline reports that The Hate U Give star Amandla Stenberg has officially signed on to star in Universal Pictures‘ remake of the 1996 thriller movie Fear which, previously lead by Mark Wahlberg (The Departed) and Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies).
Stenberg had first gained recognition through her role as Rue in the popular sci-fi action film The Hunger Games starring alongside Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence.