Rooney Mara, Nicholas Hoult to star in 'The Discovery'
Press Trust of India Los Angeles Actor Nicholas Hoult and actress Rooney Mara have been signed on to star in "The Discovery", a sci-fi love story set in a world where the existence of the afterlife is scientifically proven.
"The One I Love" director Charlie McDowell is helming the film, said The Hollywood Reporter.
McDowell and Justin Lader, who co-wrote The One I Love together, have reunited to write The Discovery.
Hoult, 25, plays the son of the man responsible for this discovery, and Mara, 30, plays a woman he falls in love with whose life is tinged by a tragic past.
Shooting is slated for January in Rhode Island.