Harold Perrineau (“Lost,” “Oz,” “The Matrix” sequels) has joined Nicolas Cage, January Jones and Guy Pearce in Endgame Entertainment’s dramatic thriller Hungry Rabbit Jumps, reports Variety.
The film is about a high school chemistry teacher (Cage) whose wife is the victim of a brutal crime which leads him to align himself with an underground vigilante organization.
Perrineau will play Cage’s friend and boss, an ex-cop turned high school principal whose loyalties are tested.
Roger Donaldson (The Bank Job) is directing from Robert Tannen’s script. Tobey Maguire is producing the $30 million-budgeted film alongside Endgame’s James Stern and indie producer Ram Bergman; Maguire Entertainment’s Jenno Topping executive produces.