Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Joins Mama

While Game of Thrones ensemble member Nikolaj Coster-Waldau has been seen more on the small screen than the big one of late, he’s just scored a job acting alongside Jessica Chastain in a new Universal horror movie, Mama.

The Tree of Life actress Chastain became attached in July and now Jaime Lannister Coster-Waldau will play her husband. The film finds a couple – named Annabel and Lucas – facing real problem children when they take in Lucas’ young nephews. The girls were abandoned in a forest for five years and it would seem that they’ve brought something back with them from the dark depths of the trees: something decidedly supernatural and dangerous…

Director Andres Muschietti is making his full-length feature debut with the movie, operating under the careful guidance of executive producer Guillermo del Toro. But it’s not his first time telling the story – Mama’s script is an expanded version of a short Muschietti created back in 2008, and which you can see here.

In related news, when Coster-Waldau reports back to the Thrones set to play the scheming Jaime Lannister for season 2, he’ll end up working with another director who made his name with horror, as Neil Marshall will tackle one of the series’ episodes. It’s the first time he’s directed a TV show, and we’re excited to see what he brings to the fantasy drama Read more at Empire Online