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Ben Mendelsohn is to star with Daisy Ridley in The Marsh King s Daughter .
The 52-year-old actor has been tapped to appear in the thriller based on Karen Dionne s book of the same name, which is being directed by Neil Burger.
Ben will portray Jacob Holbrook, the infamous Marsh King , who kept his young daughter Helena and her mother captive in the wilderness for years.
After spending a lifetime trying to escape her past, the grown up Helena (Ridley) is forced to face her demons when her father makes an unexpected return.
Elle Smith and Mark L. Smith have adapted the screenplay with the latter also producing with Black Bear Pictures Teddy Schwarzman and Keith Redmon for Anonymous Content. Michael Heimler, Cliff Roberts and Charles Miller are executive producing the project.