Jeff Bridges Joins 'The Seventh Son' -- EXCLUSIVE

Jeff Bridges has signed on to star as an exorcist in The Seventh Son, sources exclusively confirm to JustJared.com.

The Oscar-winning actor is a big get for the film, which has offers out to I Am Number Four star Alex Pettyfer and Oscar-nominated acftress Jennifer Lawrence, who would portray the role of a suspected witch.

The 1700s storyline has Alex‘s character, Tom Ward, training to be an exorcist (he’s able to see and hear ghosts and smell the presence of death).

The Seventh Son was formerly known as The Spook’s Apprentice and is part of Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures’ adaptation of Joseph Delaney’s young adult series The Last Apprentice.