Hayden Christensen is starring in "Jumper" Regency Enterprises' $100 million thriller being directed by Doug Liman for 20th Century Fox says The Hollywood Reporter.

Christensen's casting jump-starts the production, which was to have begun shooting earlier this summer but had been running idle. Tom Sturridge was to have played the lead role of David, which now will be played by Christensen, since a decision was made to go with a more prominent actor.

Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Bell and Teresa Palmer remain with the production. The movie, which Regency and Fox hope to turn into a trilogy, will now shoot at month's end in Toronto, Rome and Tokyo.