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Odd Thomas

5/18/11 – Variety reported that  Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson has signed on to join Stephen Sommers' adaptation of Dean Koontz's bestselling novel, Odd Thomas.  Anton Yelchin stars in the supernatural thriller as a clairvoyant short-order cook who encounters a mysterious man with a link to dark forces.  Jackson will play Shamus Cocobolo, a blind deejay who helps the titular hero uncover a Satanic plot.  Addison Timlin, Willem Dafoe, Patton Oswalt, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Nico Tortorella co-star.  Fusion Films partners John Baldecchi and Howard Kaplan are producing along with Sommers, who adapted the screenplay.

4/15/11 – Variety reported that Stephen Sommers joins the cast of Odd Thomas as Gugu Mbatha-Raw has been tapped for a supporting role in the supernatural thriller based on Dean Koontz's bestselling novel.  Anton Yelchin stars as the titular hero, a clairvoyant short-order cook who encounters a mysterious man with a link to dark forces.  Addison Timlin will play the protag's girlfriend, while Mbatha-Raw will play her best friend, Viola, a waitress who raises two young girls after their junkie mother dies.

4/8/11 - Willem Dafoe is in talks to join the cast of Odd Thomas, the supernatural thriller being directed by Stephen Sommers, according to The Hollywood Reporter.  Based on a Dean Koontz novel and adapted by Sommers, the story centers on a short-order cook named Odd Thomas who can commune with the dead, a secret only his girlfriend (Addison Timlin) and the local police (Dafoe) chief know.  The young man can also spot malevolent forces called bodachs, who feed on pain and portent imminent death. When Odd sees them in spades surrounding a stranger, he finds himself in a race against time to avert a catastrophe.

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