Nyqvist connects with 'Disconnect'

Skarsgard"True Bloodstream" star Alexander Skarsgard, Frank Grillo, Colin Ford and Swedish thesp Michael Nyqvist are affixed to star in Henry Alex Rubin's indie drama "Disconnect," while Andrea Riseborough can also be circling among the lead roles. Rubin, who formerly directed the award-winning documentary "Murderball," makes his feature directorial debut using the film. Andrew Stern ("Go back to Me") authored the script, which follows a sizable ensemble of figures who're affected -- and perhaps destroyed -- through the Internet along with other types of modern communication. Skarsgard will have an old Marine who's battling to pay the bills and it is psychologically stop from his wife, compelling him to find an affair. Grillo is within line to experience just one father and computer safety expert who's overprotective of his 15-year-old boy and wishes to keep him from the risks of the internet. Ford would play Grillo's boy, a skater who handles their own emotional discomfort by talking online having a troubled teen underneath the guise to be a curious teen girl. Nyqvist will have a guy who Skarsgard and the wife suspect of stealing their identity. Riseborough has been eyed for that role of the ambitious TV reporter who, annoyed by her lightweight tales, chases a tale in regards to a youthful male model who poses nude online. Liddell Entertainment's Mickey Liddell is creating with William Horberg and Jennifer Hilton. Pic, that is allocated at $8-tens of millions of, is slated to begin production the following month in Gotham. Skarsgard next stars in Fishing rod Lurie's "Hay Dogs," Lars von Trier's "Melancholia" and Peter Berg's "Battleship." Grillo, who just reserved roles in "The Gangster Squad" and "Finish of Watch," will quickly be observed in Gavin O'Connor's MMA movie "Warrior," Joe Carnahan's survival pic "The Gray" and Stephen Frears' "Lay the favourite.Inch Ford, that has a recurring role about the CW's "Supernatural," next stars as Matt Damon's boy in Cameron Crowe's "We Purchased a Zoo." Nyqvist starred within the original "Girl Using the Dragon Tattoo" and can soon be viewed opposite Rachelle Lefervre in Lionsgate's "Abduction" and Tom Cruise in Paramount's "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol." Riseborough toplines Madonna's "W.E." as well as stars opposite Mike Riley in Rowan Joffe's "Brighton Rock" with Mike Riley. CAA reps Skarsgard, Riseborough, Grillo and Rubin, while Management 360 also reps the second duo. Skarsgard and Riseborough will also be repped by Principal Entertainment and Independent Talent Group, correspondingly. WME and Magnolia Entertainment repetition Nyqvist, while Ford is repped by Osbrink Talent Agency, Management 360 and attorney P.J. Shapiro. Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com