Ewan McGregor is in talks for a role in Jack the Giant Killer, alongside Nicholas Hoult, Bill Nighy, Stanley Tucci, and John Kassir, who have already been cast, according to ComingSoon.net.
The fantasy drama is going to take a more adult look at the children's fairytale Jack and the Beanstalk. After a princess is kidnapped, all hell breaks loose between humans and giants and a young man must risk his own life to go into the realm of the giants to save her.
Production is expected to begin shortly.