Al Pacino to co-star in 'Hangman' with Brittany Snow, Karl Urban

US actor Al Pacino arrives for the screening of the movie "Manglehorn"

Iconic actor Al Pacino is one of three actors headlining crime thriller "Hangman," which is to start filming on November 17.

As a celebrated homicide detective, Pacino will team up with Karl Urban, an expert criminologist, to close down a serial killer obsessed with word game Hangman, reports Variety.

Brittany Snow becomes the journalist who is also covering the case.

Directing will be Johnny Martin, whose work as a stuntman or stunt co-ordinator has included everything from James Cameron's "Titanic" to the Wachowskis' "Matrix Reloaded" and Sylvester Stallone's "The Expendables."

So far he's helmed horror movies "Case#13" and "Delirium," with Nicolas Cage leading 2017 thriller "Vengeance: A Love Story."