James McAvoy to star in 'Trance'

London, June 25 : Actor James McAvoy is set to take up the lead role in Danny Boyle's directed thriller "Trance".

The film tells the story of an assistant at an art auction house planning a daring robbery alongside a notorious gang leader (McAvoy). However, the assistant suffers a blow to the head and loses his memory, prompting the gang to try to pry the information on the stolen painting's whereabouts from his puzzled brain using a hypnotist's skills, reports contactmusic.com.

Boyle plans to begin shooting the film in September.