Pierce Brosnan to feature in Brett Marty's sci-fi thriller Youth

Pierce Brosnan has signed on to star in writer-director Brett Marty’s feature-film adaptation of Youth, a short film he directed and co-wrote in 2016.

Washington: Actor Pierce Brosnan is all set to star in sci-fi thriller Youth. Brett Marty will make his directorial debut with the movie which is based on his 2016 short of the same name.

The upcoming film adaptation is co-written by Marty, Josh Izenberg, and Amelia Whitcomb.

It is bankrolled by Jib Polhemus, Paul Schiff and Martin Brennan.

The movie is set in the future not far from now, where Renewal has become the world's hottest (and most expensive) commodity -- a procedure to rewind your body's biological clock back to its prime, according to sources.

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Highland Film Group is handling international rights, while CAA Media Finance oversees domestic. Sales will launch at next month's Marche du Film Online.

Meanwhile, Brosnan is slated to play the King in Sony's Camila Cabello-led Cinderella adaptation.

He'll next be seen in the Netflix film Eurovision, A24's False Positive and Renny Harlin's The Misfits.

From ANI inputs.