‘Bullet Train’ Keeps Getting More Crowded, As Logan Lerman Joins Star-Studded Action Thriller
By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 20, 2020 12:30 pm EST
Deadline reports that Logan Lerman is set to join the cast of Bullet Train, the action thriller directed by Hobbs & Shaw filmmaker David Leitch and starring Brad Pitt, along with a whole host of stars which includes the aforementioned King, Beetz, Shannon, and Gaga, as well as Aaron Taylor Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, and Andrew Koji.
The film is based on Kotaro Isaka’s Japanese book Maria Beetle, which centers on multiple assassins with conflicting motivations boarding the same bullet train in Tokyo. Pitt is reportedly playing an American hitman named Ladybug, and actors like Joey King (The Kissing Booth) and Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kick-Ass) are also playing assassins. Andrew Koji (Cinemax’s Warrior), Brian Tyree Henry (Joker, Atlanta, If Beale Street Could Talk), Zazie Beetz (Joker, Atlanta, Deadpool 2), and Masi Oka (Heroes) are also in the mix somehow, though exact plot specifics remain a unclear.
Leitch will also supervise the script, which will be written by Zak Olkewicz. Kelly McCormick will produce Bullet Train through 87North along with Antoine Fuqua. Kat Samick is exec producing and Brittany Morrissey is the executive overseeing the project for Sony Pictures.
