Los Angeles, April 17 -- Demi Moore has been cast in a pivotal role in the forthcoming thriller Tyrant MGM, where she will share screen space with Charlize Theron and Julia Garner.

The project will be written and directed by David Weil, who has crafted the screenplay from an original story conceived in collaboration with Cody Behan.

Shooting in Los Angeles with a California tax credit in a few weeks' time, Tyrant's official logline is being kept under wraps. But the film is said to be a high-stakes thriller set within New York City's elite fine-dining scene, reports VARIETY.

Moore is coming off an incredible run from "The Substance," having delivered a career-best performance as a fading star who turns to a mysterious drug to reclaim her...