Alex Wolff, Imogen Poots to Star in “Castle in the Ground”

Imogen Poots. Photo by Michael Buckner/Deadline/REX/Shutterstock (9452777af)

Alex Wolff and Imogen Poots have joined the cast of Castle in the Ground.

The two have been tapped to lead in the crime drama hails from writer-director Joey Klein.

According to Deadline, Castle in the Ground centers on a teenage boy, Henry, who, after the untimely death of his mother, befriends his charismatic but troubled next-door neighbor, Ana, and becomes embroiled in a world of addiction and violence just as the opioid epidemic takes hold of their small town. 

The project was developed by Andra Gordon of American Entertainment Investors, William Woods of Woods Entertainment and Band With Pictures’ Michael Solomon. Gordon, Tom Spriggs, Rob McGillivray, Ben Stranahan, George Stranahan, John Hansen, Mark Gingras and John Laing will executive produce. 

Production is currently underway in Sudbury, Canada,