Having fended off wandering spirits and demonic nuns for The Conjuring 2, Vera Farmiga is ready for an even more imposing challenge: going toe to toe with Liam Neeson. It's going to take more than a crucifix to keep her safe in The Commuter.
The thriller, which regular Neeson-wrangler Jaume Collet-Serra is gearing up to make, sees the actor as a businessman returning home from a day's work who unwittingly gets caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life, but that of those around him. Farmiga is aboard to play a mysterious woman who drags him into the whole affair, offering an enticing opportunity, but one that comes with some deadly downsides...
Writers Byron Willinger and Phil de Blasi cooked up the concept and the producers snagged Neeson's services last year, with Serra following a few months later. Now it's gearing to shoot this summer and the director is gathering the cast.
Farmiga has recently worked on indie comedy Boundaries and is attached to a drama called Facing The Wind.