Dan Stevens Joins ‘The Call of the Wild’ With Harrison Ford
Fresh off the news that Harrison Ford would star in Fox’s big-screen adaption of The Call of the Wild, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Legion’s Dan Stevens will also be joining him.
The classic novel written by Jack London in 1903 follows a dog named Buck, who is abducted from a comfortable life as a pet and tossed into the chaos of the Klondike Gold Rush and forced to endure the brutal wilderness. Over time Buck falls encounters a series of abusive owners before landing in the merciful hands of John Thornton. Harrison Ford will be playing Thorton, a role that has previously been played by Clark Gable in a 1935 adaption and Charlton Heston in 1972. At this time Dan Stevens’ role is still unknown.
The movie will be mainly live-action with major CG elements. Chris Sanders of The Croods and How to Train Your Dragon will make his live-action directorial debut with a script penned by Logan screenwriter Michael Green.
Dan Stevens is currently starring on FX’s sci-fi drama Legion as David Haller alongside Aubrey Plaza and Rachel Keller. He also took on the role of the Beast in Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast last year and starred in The Man Who Invented Christmas. On the horizon, Stevens will star in Netflix’s Apostle, a drama about a man who attempts to rescue his sister from a religious cult as well as Her Smell, a punk-rock drama also starring Elisabeth Moss, Amber Heard, and Cara Delevigne.
The Call of the Wild will be rushing into theaters next Christmas!
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