James Ransone Joins Cast Of Spike Lee’s ‘Oldboy’

Production has recently begun on Spike Lee’s Oldboy, a remake of the 2003 South Korean film which was in turn based on a manga. It was announced not long ago that Nate Parker had joined the cast of the revenge thriller, but it seems now that he has dropped out of Oldboy due to his commitment to the Liam Neeson film Non-Stop.

Variety reports that the role has been filled by James Ransone, who you may know best as Ziggy from The Wire and was most recently seen in the horror film Sinister. There’s not much known about the character that Ransone will be playing, other than that he is a doctor who works with Elizabeth Olsen’s character.

Oldboy currently has no release date set, but is expected to hit theaters in 2013.