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Jon Bernthal, Imogen Poots and more join thriller Sweet Virginia

August 23, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Director Jamie Dagg has found his cast for the upcoming thriller Sweet Virginia, with Jon Bernthal (Daredevil), Imogen Poots (Roadies), Christopher Abbott (James White), Rosemarie DeWitt (Poltergeist) and Odessa Young (The Daughter) all set to appear in the film.

Deadline reports that the project, which is based on a Black List script from Ben and Paul China, “follows a motel owner with a dark past (Bernthal) who unknowingly starts a rapport with a young hitman (Abbott) responsible for a spate of violence that suddenly has gripped a small town.

Production on Sweet Virginia is set to get underway next week.

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Originally published August 23, 2016. Updated April 15, 2018.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Christopher Abbott, Imogen Poots, Jon Bernthal, Odessa Young, Rosemarie DeWitt, Sweet Virginia

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Flickering Myth. He is a film, television and digital content writer and producer, whose work includes the gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket and the suspense thriller Death Among the Pines. He is also the author of Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen.

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