We all know actress Lauren Cohan as “Maggie” in AMC’s The Walking Dead, but she has just been cast as the lead in the Lakeshore Entertainment and Vertigo Entertainment’s upcoming horror film, The Boy. Cohan has previously appeared in only a handful of films and The Boy will mark her jump as lead in a major feature film.
William Brent Bell (The Devil Inside) is directing the project, which is eyeing a March start in British Columbia.
The story, written by Stacey Menear, centers on a nanny (Cohan) who is tasked with overseeing a lifelike doll by a bizarre couple who treat it as a real child. The couple use the doll as way to cope with the death of their young son, but the nanny becomes increasingly convinced that it is alive.
Producing are Lakeshore’s Gary Lucchesi and Tom Rosenberg, Vertigo’s Roy Lee and Adam Stone, along with Jim Wedaa.
Cohan has previously appeared on The Vampire Diaries, Chuck, and Supernatural but her big break came when she was cast as “Maggie Greene” on The Walking Dead.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
