‘Voyagers’: Colin Farrell, Lily-Rose Depp, Tye Sheridan Among Cast For Neil Burger’s Lord Of The Flies In Space Pic; Uni Int’l Buys Major Markets From AGC

Exclusive: AGC Studios and John Wick outfit Thunder Road are pulling together an impressive ensemble cast for upcoming Neil Burger (Divergent) sci-fi Voyagers.Colin Farrell (Fantastic Beasts And Where to Find Them), Tye Sheridan (X-Men Apocalypse), Lily-Rose Depp (The King), Fionn Whitehead (Dunkirk) and Keean Johnson (Alita: Battle Angel) are among confirmed cast.Advanced discussions are underway with Kelvin Harrison (Mudbound), Isaac Hempstead Wright (Game Of Thrones), Chanté Adams (Roxanne Roxanne) and Madison Hu (Bizaardvark).The Upside, Divergent and Limitless director Burger has written and will direct the ‘Lord Of The Flies in space’ thriller about 30 children who are sent on a multi-generational mission to populate a new planet.After the captain of the mission is killed in mysterious circumstances, the young crew descends into chaos, aligning themselves into tribes as they surrender to their most feral impulses.

Production is due to get underway in Romania in early June.Stuart Ford

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