John Boyega will star in The Circle
He’s about to light up the screen in J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but John Boyega is already looking to the future as it has been revealed that he has joined the cast of the movie adaptation of the novel The Circle.
Tom Hanks and Emma Watson are already cast in the film, which is based on the book of the same name by Dave Eggers. James Ponsoldt (The Spectacular Now, Smashed) will adapt and direct the film which is being produced by Hanks’ production company Playtone.
Here’s a bit about the source material.
[quote_box_center]When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world’s most powerful internet company, she feels she’s been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links users’ personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency. As Mae tours the open-plan office spaces, the towering glass dining facilities, the cozy dorms for those who spend nights at work, she is thrilled with the company’s modernity and activity. There are parties that last through the night, there are famous musicians playing on the lawn, there are athletic activities and clubs and brunches, and even an aquarium of rare fish retrieved from the Marianas Trench by the CEO. Mae can’t believe her luck, her great fortune to work for the most influential company in the world—even as life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, even as her role at the Circle becomes increasingly public. What begins as the captivating story of one woman’s ambition and idealism soon becomes a heart-racing novel of suspense, raising questions about memory, history, privacy, democracy, and the limits of human knowledge.[/quote_box_center]
John Boyega will star in The Circle
Boyega got his big break with the 2011 Joe Cornish-directed sci-fi movie Attack The Block after making his acting debut in the TV series Becoming Human. The Circle will be his next project after he’s done with the promotional tour for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
