Horror website Bloody Disgusting has reported that television star Rose Leslie, who has played the character of Ygritte in popular TV show, Games of Thrones is going to play the female lead in an upcoming film opposite XXX and Fast & Furious star Vin Diesel.
The pairing will star together in a Horror film titled The Last Witch Hunter, directed by The Crazies’Breck Eisner. The Scottish actress has previously done two films – Honeymoon and Now is Good, but this one looks like a big break and could prove to be a turning point in her career.
The story is about a semi-immortal witch hunter (Diesel) wandering the streets of modern New York City forced to partner with his natural enemy – a female witch. The two must stop a villainous witch queen from obtaining a relic and unleashing plague upon humanity. It is evident that Rose will play the role of the female witch and partner of Vin in a fight against the queen witch.
Cory goodman and Melisa wallack wrote the screenplay. Later on Burk Sharples and Matt Sazama (Gods of Egypt) did some re-writing. The film will start shooting this August in Pittsburgh.
