Marc Blucas has been cast in James Mangold's untitled Wichita project alongside Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz and Maggie Grace.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fox is producing the spy thriller about an upbeat Midwestern woman (Diaz) who goes on a blind date with a man (Cruise) who turns out to be a federal agent. She consequently gets involved in a lurid worldwide journey to protect a powerful battery that holds the secret to an infinite power source.
Blucas will play the woman's fireman ex-boyfriend, who is still in love with her and is blindsided by the agent's gestures of friendship.
Mangold's partner Cathy Konrad is producing with Todd Garner, Steve Pink and Joe Roth. Shooting is scheduled to begin next month in Boston.
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