Metallica’s James Hetfield is ready to star in a brand new Western thriller film alongside Game Of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage.
The metallic frontman has dabbled in appearing beforehand, taking part in Officer Bob Hayward in Netflix’s Ted Bundy drama, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile, and voicing characters in Dave The Barbarian and Skylanders Academy.
Hetfield is now confirmed to look in The Thicket, a brand new film adaptation of Joe R. Lansdale’s e-book of the identical title. Juliette Lewis can even function within the movie alongside him and Dinklage.
The star’s position has but to be introduced, however the story will comply with the kidnapping of a lady by a killer named Cut Throat Bill (performed by Lewis). The woman’s brother then hires bounty hunter Reginald Jones (Dinklage) to seek out her, with Jones amassing a brand new crew of misfits – together with characters performed by Leon Hawke and Esmé Creed-Miles – alongside the way in which.
Hetfield is but to touch upon the film, however Dinklage informed Deadline: “I’m so very excited to bring Joe Lansdale’s riveting story to the screen. A journey into the heart of darkness to find love and return it to its rightful place.”
Filming is already underway in Calgary, Canada, with Nightingale’s Elliot Lester directing The Thicket. A launch date has not but been introduced.
Last week, Metallica shared the third single from their upcoming new album ’72 Seasons’ within the type of the menacing observe ‘If Darkness Had A Son’. Ahead of its launch, the band teased the observe on TikTok, sharing an 80-second instrumental of the brand new music through the platform, that includes every band member duetting with their bandmates.
The movies began out with simply drummer Lars Ulrich, with every band member becoming a member of in one after the other.