Vera Farmiga Joins Jamie Bell in Neo-Nazi Drama 'Skin' (Exclusive)

'Patti Cake$' breakout Danielle Macdonald is also set to star.

Vera Farmiga will join Jamie Bell in the drama Skin.

Based on the life of Bryon “Pitbull” Widner (Bell), Skin follows a member of a Neo-Nazi gang who faces deadly consequences when he makes the decision to change his life. Farmiga will play the maternal leader of the notorious and violent skinhead gang from which Widner removes himself.

Guy Nattiv is set to direct the drama that also stars Patti Cake$ breakout Danielle Macdonald.

Oren Moverman, Jaime Ray Newman and Nattiv are producing with ITEM 7’s Marie-Claude Poulin and Pierre Even executive producing.

Farmiga, who can currently be seen in theaters in Liam Neeson's The Commuter, will star opposite Kyle Chandler and Millie Bobby Brown in Legendary's Godzilla: King of the Monsters. She is also set for Jason Reitman’s upcoming film The Front Runner.

She is repped by CAA, Authentic and Peikoff Mahan.