Sam Worthington to Lead ‘For the Dogs’ Adaptation from Philip Noyce

For a stretch around 2009, it seemed as if every executive in Hollywood suddenly received the same memo: “cast Sam Worthington in any blockbuster you can.” But things have quieted down a little for the Aussie actor in recent years, he starred in some lower profile projects like The Debt and Texas Killing Fields, and now Variety reports that he has a new non-franchise film in the works. He’ll play the lead role in the indie action thriller For the Dogs, an adaptation of Kevin Wignall’s 2007 novel that has Salt director Phillip Noyce set to helm and Rampart writer/director Oren Moverman writing the screenplay. More below! The story revolves around a lone assassin (Worthington) in Italy who keeps an eye on a young college girl as a favor to her father. When the girl’s entire family is murdered, the assassin reluctantly agrees to help her get revenge, even though the …