X-Men and Stranger Things duo join Bill Skarsgård movie

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X-Men star Famke Janssen and Stranger Things' Brett Gelman are joining forces with Bill Skarsgård for an action-thriller known as Boy Kills World.

Sam Raimi, director on Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, is producing, while Moritz Mohr makes his feature-length directorial debut (via Deadline).

Sharlto Copley of District 9 fame is also new to the cast, as well as Quinn Copeland from Peacock's Punky Brewster revival, and twins Cameron and Nicholas Crovetti (Big Little Lies).

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This dystopian spectacle follows Boy (played by It actor Skarsgård). Boy is deaf and mute, and exiles himself into the jungle when his family is murdered.

Here, he's trained by a shaman, (played by The Raid's Yayan Ruhian) in order to suppress his imagination and transform himself into someone motivated by death and destruction.

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Janssen plays Hilda Van der Koy, the matriarch of a villainous family, while Gelman portrays Gideon. Copley will play another family member named Glen.

Meanwhile, Copeland has been cast as a character named Mina, and the Crovettis will play a younger version of Boy.

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Photo credit: Rich Polk - Getty Images

Meanwhile, Hammerstone Studios' very own Alex Lebovici had this to say about the project: "Boy Kills World is rich with unique and exciting characters.

"The cast we've assembled is a tremendous line-up of talent who are perfect for the roles they have taken on. We look forward to collaborating with them and bringing this story to life."

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Boy Kills World isn't the only tantalising title on Copley's horizon either – he is also appearing in season 2 of Netflix phenomenon Russian Doll very soon.

Bringing back Natasha Lyonne's time-loop prisoner Nadia Vulvokov, the new episodes will begin streaming from Wednesday, April 20.

Expect Boy Kills World to hit cinemas sometime next year.

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