Mekhi Phifer over the "Moon" for thriller

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Mekhi Phifer (NBC's "ER") will star in "Hunter's Moon," a live-action version of James L. White's graphic novel.

He will play a stockbroker who takes his son on a weekend hunting trip in the woods. The teen is kidnapped, forcing the father to do the criminals' bidding to save the boy's life.

"Hunter's Moon" was published as a five-part comic series last year, and released in novel form this month via Boom Entertainment, which will produce the film.

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