The Hollywood Reporter tells us that Neal McDonough has just been added to Rogue Pictures’ The Hitcher, the remake of the 1986 horror film directed by Dave Meyers. He will play a career lawman who tries to aid two college students (Sophia Bush, Zach Knighton). The pair are being terrorized by a mysterious hitchhiker John Ryder, a.k.a. The Hitcher (Sean Bean).
The film is directed by Dave Meyers and is currently slated for an April 13, 2007 release.