We’ll next get to see Nicholas Hoult in X-Men: Days Of Future Past and he’s currently shooting the Britpop comedy Kill Your Friends. However he’s already lining up future projects as THR reports that he’s signed on for the Iraqi war drama, Sand Castle.
Based on a true story, the film ‘chronicles the story of Chris Roessner’s two years and more than 200 missions as a machine gunner in Iraq’s Sunni Triangle. The story centers on Matt Ocre (Hoult) and the leader of his platoon, Sergeant Baker, as they attempt to protect Baqubah, a dangerous farming village.’
The movie may have a bit more truth to it than usual as Chris Roessner himself wrote the script, which landed on the Black List in 2012.
British commercials director Seb Edwards will make his feature debut with the movie.