The Young and the Restless' Justin Hartley lands role in political thriller opposite Emma Roberts

The Young and the Restless' Justin Hartley lands role in political thriller opposite Emma Roberts

This Is Us star Justin Hartley (ex-Adam Newman, The Young and the Restless; ex-Fox Crane, Passions) has nabbed a role in the action thriller The Hunt, which also stars Emma Roberts and Glenn Howerton.

Former daytime actor Justin Hartley (ex-Adam Newman, The Young and the Restless; ex-Fox Crane, Passions) will be quite a busy man in the months ahead: he has landed a role in a major film.

Deadline reports that the This Is Us actor will be starring alongside Emma Roberts and Glenn Howerton in The Hunt, an action thriller written by Damon Lindelhof and Nick Cuse.

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Additional details about The Hunt have yet to be released, but it will reportedly explore escalating aggressiveness between the political right and left in America. The film is scheduled to hit theaters on Friday, October 18, via Universal.

Hartley played the Passions role of Fox Crane from 2002 to 2006 before going on to primetime series like Smallville and Revenge. He joined The Young and the Restless as Adam Newman in 2014 but left the CBS soap in 2016 to take on the role of Kevin Pearson on This Is Us.

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