Mystery Movie News: Casting Update for The Equalizer

Chloë Moretz has joined the cast of The Equalizer, a film based on a the central character of late 1980s CBS crime drama also titled The Equalizer. Denzel Washington will play the titular character, Robert McCall, who was played in the television series by Edward Woodward.

In an interesting side note, Deadline reports that Michael Sloan, who created the series, will write an original novel featuring the character, to be published by St. Martin's Press in early 2014 to coincide with the release of the film by Sony Pictures, now scheduled for April 11th, 2014.

The Equalizer will be directed by Antoine Fuqua from an original screenplay by Richard Wenk.