Hunger Games, Maze Runner actors onboard Measure of a Man

“Hunger Games” star Donald Sutherland and ”The Maze Runner”‘s Blake Cooper are starring in ”Measure Of A Man”, Jim Loach’s (“Orange and Sunshine”) film adaptation of the YA novel “One Fat Summer”.

Deadline, who had the casting news, says filming has just got underway in Rhode Island.

The novel, which won prizes including Library of Congress Best Book for Children, is a nostalgic ’70s-set coming-of-age story about an overweight teenager (Cooper), who lacks confidence but experiences a turning-point summer in which he learns to stand up for himself. Sutherland plays Dr. Kahn, a Wall Street executive who gives the teen a summer job on his estate and teaches him the importance of hard work, determination and self-respect. Kahn finds an unexpected confidant in the youth, who helps him deal with losses in his own life.

David Scearce (”A Single Man”) scripted.