Los Angeles, Jul 25 (IANS): Actors Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sasha Lane, Miles Robbins, and Hannah Marks are set to star in the supernatural thriller "Daniel Isnt Real."

Elijah Wood's SpectreVision and ACE Pictures announced the cast on Tuesday and said principal photography has begun in New York City. The film is the second feature from writer/director Adam Egypt Mortimer following 2015's "Some Kind of Hate", reports variety.com.

Robbins portrays a troubled college freshman who suffers a violent family trauma and resurrects his childhood imaginary friend Daniel (played by Schwarzenegger) to help him cope.

The film is based on the novel In "This Way I Was Saved" by Brian DeLeeuw, who co-wrote the script with Mortimer.

Producers are SpectreVision's Daniel Noah, Josh C. Waller, Lisa Whalen, and Elijah Wood. Timur Bekbosunov, Johnny Chang, Emma Lee and Peter Wong will executive produce for ACE Pictures; Stacy Jorgensen will executive produce for SpectreVision.