Justin Theroux in talks for Emily Blunt's 'The Girl on the Train'

Justin Theroux is circling a lead in director Tate Taylor's buzzy thriller "The Girl on the Train," an individual familiar with the talks told TheWrap.

The film is an adaptation of the eponymous best-selling Paula Hawkins novel. "The Leftovers" star Theroux would fill the role previously flirted with by "Avengers" star Chris Evans, playing the ex-husband of Emily Blunt. Jared Leto, "Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation" leading lady Rebecca Ferguson, Haley Bennett and Edgar Ramirez round out the cast.

"Girl" sees Blunt as a jilted ex-wife turned alcoholic, who rides a daily train to London from an English suburb. She becomes obsessed with an idyllic-looking couple she sees from the window — whose facade unravels after someone disappears.

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DreamWorks developed the property with "The Help"'s Taylor and will distribute.

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