Ben Barnes Is The Seventh Son

The Seventh Son (previously titled The Last Apprentice) is an upcoming fantasy movie directed by Sergei Bodrov (who helmed Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan) for Legendary Pictures. The film is a movie adaptation of The Last Apprentice, a series of novel written by Joseph Delaney.

Ben Barnes will play Tom, the apprentice to master exorcist Spook (Jeff Bridges). Their charcters must team up to do battle with an evil witch (Julianne Moore) in the 1700s. Alicia Vikander is still on board as a young witch who Tom falls for.

Sergey Bodrov is directing The Seventh Son from a script by Charles Leavitt. Matt Greenberg wrote an earlier version of the screenplay. Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. are teaming up to produce and distribute the movie.

It isn't known when production will start on The Seventh Son.