Laura (pictured, Venom, The Covenant) Ramsey, Jena (Saved!) Malone and Shawn (X-Men trilogy) Ashmore have all signed on for roles in the flick, which is about a group of friends who follow a fellow tourist to an archaeological dig that ends up really screwing up their vacation. With evil!
Bugcrush director Carter Smith (no relation to the book’s author) is at the helm of The Ruins, which begins shooting in the decidedly non-Mexican setting of Queensland, Australia later this month.