Dakota Fanning, Ryan Donowho run 'Wild'
Indie thriller set for production March 21
By 
Jeff Sneider, 
Justin Kroll
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Dakota Fanning and Ryan Donowho will star in the indie thriller "Mississippi Wild."Robert Duvall, Mickey Rourke and Forest Whitaker are also in talks to join the cast.
Jesse  Baget will write and direct, with Shannon Makhanian and Ryan R. Johnson  producing; Todd Slater exec produces along with Chris Gonzalez and  Patrick F. Gallagher.
Story follows a teen, to be played by  Donowho, who has to go on the run with his girlfriend after stealing  diamonds that belong to a local gangster. Fanning will play the g.f.,  and Rourke is being eyed for the gangster role.
Whitaker would play another gangster who is chasing after Rourke's character.
Production is set to begin March 21 in Atlanta.
The  busy Fanning also has signed to star alongside Emile Hirsch and Stephen  Dorff in "The Motel Life." Alan and Gabe Polsky will produce and direct  that pic through their Polsky Films banner, with Micah Fitzerman-Blue  and Noah Harpster scripting.
Fanning will shoot "Motel Life" in February and then jump into production on "Mississippi Wild."
Donowho  next stars in "Rites of Passage," and Whitaker can currently be seen on  CBS' "Criminal Minds" spinoff "Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior."
Rourke,  last seen in "Passion Play" and "The Expendables," will next star in  Relativity Media's "Immortals," while Duvall recently starred in "Get  Low."