Metallica’s James Hetfield is ready to star in a brand new Western thriller film alongside Sport Of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage.
The metallic frontman has dabbled in appearing beforehand, enjoying Officer Bob Hayward in Netflix’s Ted Bundy drama, Extraordinarily Depraved, 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 may even characteristic within the movie alongside him and Dinklage.
The star’s position has but to be introduced, however the story will observe the kidnapping of a woman by a killer named Reduce Throat Invoice (performed by Lewis). The woman’s brother then hires bounty hunter Reginald Jones (Dinklage) to search 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 convey Joe Lansdale’s riveting story to the display. A journey into the center of darkness to search out 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.
Final 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’. Forward of its launch, the band teased the observe on TikTok, sharing an 80-second instrumental of the brand new tune by way of 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.
