'Boyhood' Star Ellar Coltrane Joins Tom Hanks And Emma Watson In James Ponsoldt's 'The Circle'

While Ellar Coltrane has a few small acting credits before his centerpiece role in Richard Linklater's "Boyhood," it was on that indie hit where he undoubtedly had the best filmmaking school he could ask for. Spending a dozen years with the filmmaker along with Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette, he literally grew up into the business, and now he's taking those skills into a Hollywood production.

THR reports that Coltrane will join Tom Hanks, Alicia Vikander, John Boyega, Karen Gillan and Patton Oswalt in James Ponsoldt's "The Circle." Based on the book by Dave Eggers, the story follows a young woman who lands a job at a powerful tech company, only to realize things aren't what they seem. Here's the book synopsis: 

When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world’s most powerful internet company, she feels she’s been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links users’ personal emails, social...