‘Bullet Train’ Keeps Getting More Crowded, As Logan Lerman Joins Star-Studded Action Thriller
David Leitch’sBullet Trainmay not run on ordinary fuel – it may run on star power. After all, theBrad Pitt-led action thriller is starting to be pretty jam-packed with stars.HuntersstarLogan Lermanis the latest actor to join the star-studded cast which already includes Pitt, Joey King, Zazie Beetz, Michael Shannon, and Lady Gaga. It makes you wonder how big this train is actually going to be.
Deadline reports that Logan Lerman is set to join the cast ofBullet Train, the action thriller directed byHobbs & Shawfilmmaker 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.
Lerman is admittedly not the most exciting addition to theBullet Traincast — the star of Amazon’s Nazi hunter seriesHunters, which stars Al Pacino, Lerman was once one of Hollywood’s YA It Boys, taking the title role in thePercy Jacksonfranchise. He’s actually acted opposite Pitt before, in David Ayer’s World War II filmFury, as well as alongside other seasoned movie stars like Russell Crowe and Christian Bale in James Mangold’s3:10 To Yuma, and with Crowe again in Darren Aronofsky’sNoah. But while Lerman is good at playing opposite older movie stars and character actors, I confess I’ve never found him an interesting lead on his own, even in decent indie films likeThe Perks of Being a Wallflower. Which is probably why it’s good he’s not the lead inBullet Train, and can do whatever a supporting actor like him is supposed to do in the film (there are no details yet on who he’s playing or how major is part is).
The film is based on Kotaro Isaka’s Japanese bookMaria Beetle, which centers on multiple assassins with conflicting motivations boarding the same bullet train in Tokyo.Pitt is reportedly playingan American hitman named Ladybug, and actors likeJoey King(The Kissing Booth) andAaron Taylor-Johnson(Kick-Ass) are also playing assassins.Andrew Koji(Cinemax’sWarrior),Brian Tyree Henry(Joker,Atlanta,If Beale Street Could Talk),Zazie Beetz(Joker,Atlanta,Deadpool 2), andMasi 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 produceBullet Trainthrough 87North along with Antoine Fuqua. Kat Samick is exec producing and Brittany Morrissey is the executive overseeing the project for Sony Pictures.
