Alicia Vikander Joins ‘The Circle’ with Tom Hanks

Ex Machina‘s Alicia Vikander has signed on to co-star with Tom Hanks in The Circle. Based on Dave Eggers book, The Circle will be directed by The Spectacular Now‘s James Ponsoldt. Ponsoldt also adapted Eggers’ book for the screen.

Ponsoldt, Hanks, Gary Goetzman, and Anthony Bregman are producing. Image Nation Abu Dhabi is fully financing the feature film.

“The Circle is a fantastic modern-day thriller that shines a light on the role of the Internet and our own identities in a world of increasing transparency and privacy issues. Image Nation is thrilled to be working with the Playtone team, as well as A Likely Story and James Ponsoldt, on its next international production,” said CEO of Image Nation Michael Garin.

Filming’s expected to get underway in August.

The Plot:

Eggers’ novel focuses on a young woman who is hired for a big job in an Internet monopoly called the Circle, which links users’ personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency. The novel turns into a contemporary thriller about the perils of life in a digital age where personal data is collected, sifted, and monetized and used for surveillance, rendering privacy obsolete.