Nicholas Hoult lands lead in ' hot ' Apex Bodies

Young British actor Nicholas hoult continues his rise in Hollywood.

The actor, one of the stars of X-Men First Class and who is prepping to shoot Jack the giant Killer, was thrown into the warm bodies of the Summit.

Jonathan levin is directing the story that, in a similar tone to Twilight meets Shaun of the dead, a zombie named r that plagued existentially begins an unlikely friendship with a human girlfriend of one of his victims. The bloom starts a chain reaction that will transform him, his fellow zombies and perhaps the entire world.

The project is based on a book of Isaac Marion , which will be published by Atria Books, a division of Simon and Schuster.

The film is produced by Brown papanadrea through his banner to make films and executive produced by Laurie Webb and Choruses Pastor Stern.

Production of the film is slated to begin this summer.

Hoult, repped by UTA and independent of the United Kingdom, also appeared in A Single Man and About a Boy.