THE DRUMMER (Cast News)

• THE DRUMMER

Variety reports that Chloe Moretz (Kick-Ass) and Rupert Grint (Harry Potter franchise) are joining Randall Miller's The Drummer, an indie music biopic about Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson, which focuses on the last six years of his life.

Chloe Moretz

Moretz will sign on to play Wilson's daughter Jennifer, who is co-producing the film, along with her half-brother Carl. Grint will play Stan Shapiro, "a mail room intern at William Morris, who befriended Wilson during the last few years of the musician's life." The cast includes Aaron Eckhart as Wilson and Vera Farmiga, who signed on to play Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter Christine McVie.

The film will begin filming in June of this year.