The Walking Dead's Lauren Cohan To Star In Horror Film The Boy

01/23/2015 05:58 pm EST

Lauren Cohan, best known for playing Maggie Greene on AMC's The Walking Dead, has been cast in the upcoming horror movie The Boy.

The Devil Inside's William Brent Bell will direct the film, which should start shooting in March in British Columbia.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film "centers on a nanny (Cohan) who is tasked with overseeing a lifelike doll by a bizarre couple who treat it as a real child. The couple use the doll as way to cope with the death of their young son, but the nanny becomes increasingly convinced that it is alive."

So...scary Pinocchio.

This will be Cohan's first lead role in a major feature film, and will no doubt prompt speculation that Maggie isn't long for this world. In all likelihood, The Boy will be done with principal photography before The Walking Dead needs her back, but whenever a cast member on the show takes another job, the rumor mill starts to spin. In the comics, Maggie is one of only a small number of characters currently on the show who are still alive.

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