AceShowbiz - Actor Johannes Haukur Johannesson has been cast alongside Vin Diesel in Bloodshot.

The Game of Thrones star will play a villain opposite Diesel, who has landed the title role as the Valiant comics character, also known as Ray Garrison, who is brought back from the dead and turned into a super human with the help of nanotechnology.

I get to be in a superhero movie! #bloodshothttps://t.co/4IDAqZgUOfpic.twitter.com/8Pvyh1TcZ5

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— Jóhannes Haukur (@johanneshaukur) June 29, 2018

The movie, directed by Deadpool filmmaker Tim Miller's longtime sidekick Dave Wilson, will also feature Toby Kebbell as another villain, Axe, Michael Sheen, Eiza Gonzalez, Talulah Riley, Alex Hernandez, and Sam Heughan.

Production on Bloodshot is due to begin production in July.