Deadline reports that Academy Award-winning actress Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby) has signed on to join the cast of Universal Pictures’ forthcoming political thriller The Hunt.
Her other notable film credits include: The Next Karate Kid, Insomnia, The Core, Freedom Writers, The Reaping, P.S. I Love You, Amelia, and Logan Lucky.
There’s still no official word on the film’s plot, but The Hunt is said to explore the escalating aggressiveness between the political right and left in modern-day America.
The script comes from Damon Lindelof, Nick Cuse, with Craig Zobel (Compliance) directing, who’d previously worked with Lindelof when he helmed some episodes of The Leftovers.