Game of Thrones star Kit Harington, whose character was recently killed off in the shocking season finale of the HBO series, has replaced Robert Pattinson in upcoming movie Brimstone.READ: I'm not humourless: Kit Harington Harington, 28, is joining
Guy Pearce and
Dakota Fanning in the thriller written and directed by Martin Koolhover.
His
Game of Thrones co-star
Carice van Houten also joins the cast along with
Paul Anderson, Jack Roth and
Carla Juri.
Principal photography has just started and the film will shoot on location in Romania, Spain and Germany.
Harington will play "an outlaw who has a crucial role in the tale of retribution" while Dakota will star as Liz, "a heroine on the run from her past and chased by the evil Preacher (Guy)".
Mia Wasikowska was originally cast on Dakota's character.
Harington will next be seen in upcoming HBO tennis mockumentary
7 Days in Hell alongside Adam Samberg.
Meanwhile, Pattinson, who has two upcoming films
Life and
Queen of the Desert released later this year, will be working on his next movies
The Lost City of Z and
The Trap.
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