Tag: Luke Hemsworth

  • Morgan Freeman to play antagonist in ‘Gunner’

    By Express News Service

    Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman will be part of Luke Hemsworth’s upcoming action thriller film Gunner. He is set to play the wicked kingpin in the film against Hemsworth, who plays the protagonist.

    Billed as an action thriller, the story follows Gunner, who stands against a drug cartel after his two sons are kidnapped on a fishing trip by the son of the gang’s kingpin Kendrick Ryker (Freeman). Ryker is a prisoner and he runs his organization successfully until he is faced with Gunner. Meanwhile, Hemsworth plays an ex-Special Ops operative. It is directed by Dimitri Logothetis.

    According to Collider, speaking of Freeman’s casting, Highland Film Group COO Delphine Perrier said, “Working again with such an incomparable talent like Morgan Freeman is fantastic, and we’re thrilled to team up with him for a second time in such a different and exciting role.” Gunner will go on floors this spring in Alabama.

    Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman will be part of Luke Hemsworth’s upcoming action thriller film Gunner. He is set to play the wicked kingpin in the film against Hemsworth, who plays the protagonist.

    Billed as an action thriller, the story follows Gunner, who stands against a drug cartel after his two sons are kidnapped on a fishing trip by the son of the gang’s kingpin Kendrick Ryker (Freeman). Ryker is a prisoner and he runs his organization successfully until he is faced with Gunner. Meanwhile, Hemsworth plays an ex-Special Ops operative. It is directed by Dimitri Logothetis.

    According to Collider, speaking of Freeman’s casting, Highland Film Group COO Delphine Perrier said, “Working again with such an incomparable talent like Morgan Freeman is fantastic, and we’re thrilled to team up with him for a second time in such a different and exciting role.” Gunner will go on floors this spring in Alabama.

  • Russell Crowe’s  action thriller ‘Land of Bad’ adds Luke Hemsworth, Milo Ventimiglia

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: ‘Westworld’ actor Luke Hemsworth and “This Is Us” star Milo Ventimiglia will be featuring alongside Oscar winner Russell Crowe in the action thriller “Land of Bad”.

    Also joining the film’s cast are actors Ricky Whittle, Daniel MacPherson and Chika Ikogwe, as per entertainment news portal Deadline. The film is directed by Will Eubank, who also co-wrote the script with David Frigerio.

    Eubank is known for movies such as “The Signal” and Kristen Stewart-starrer “Underwater”. Also starring Liam Hemsworth, “Land of Bad” follows Reaper (Crowe), an Air Force drone pilot supporting a Delta Force special ops mission in the South Philippines.

    After the mission goes terribly wrong, Reaper has 48 hours to remedy what has devolved into a wild rescue operation.

    The Tier-One team, led by Cpt.Sugar (Ventimiglia) and Sgt. Abel (Luke Hemsworth) is redeployed to return and retrieve their captured man and the asset.

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    They are joined by Kinney (Liam Hemsworth), a green Air Force JTAC officer, who is thrust into the middle of a high-stakes extraction. But the ground mission suddenly turns upside down and becomes a full-scale battle when the team is discovered by the enemy.

    With no weapons and no communication other than the drone above, Reaper becomes the young operator’s only ticket out.

    The movie will start shooting in Australia later this month. It is produced by Broken Open Pictures’ David Frigerio, Eubank, Volition Media Partners’ Adam Beasley and Michael Jefferson, R.U. Robot and Highland Film Group.

    LOS ANGELES: ‘Westworld’ actor Luke Hemsworth and “This Is Us” star Milo Ventimiglia will be featuring alongside Oscar winner Russell Crowe in the action thriller “Land of Bad”.

    Also joining the film’s cast are actors Ricky Whittle, Daniel MacPherson and Chika Ikogwe, as per entertainment news portal Deadline. The film is directed by Will Eubank, who also co-wrote the script with David Frigerio.

    Eubank is known for movies such as “The Signal” and Kristen Stewart-starrer “Underwater”. Also starring Liam Hemsworth, “Land of Bad” follows Reaper (Crowe), an Air Force drone pilot supporting a Delta Force special ops mission in the South Philippines.

    After the mission goes terribly wrong, Reaper has 48 hours to remedy what has devolved into a wild rescue operation.

    The Tier-One team, led by Cpt.Sugar (Ventimiglia) and Sgt. Abel (Luke Hemsworth) is redeployed to return and retrieve their captured man and the asset.

    ALSO READ | Hulu renews ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ for sixth and final season

    They are joined by Kinney (Liam Hemsworth), a green Air Force JTAC officer, who is thrust into the middle of a high-stakes extraction. But the ground mission suddenly turns upside down and becomes a full-scale battle when the team is discovered by the enemy.

    With no weapons and no communication other than the drone above, Reaper becomes the young operator’s only ticket out.

    The movie will start shooting in Australia later this month. It is produced by Broken Open Pictures’ David Frigerio, Eubank, Volition Media Partners’ Adam Beasley and Michael Jefferson, R.U. Robot and Highland Film Group.

  • Russell Crowe’s action thriller ‘Land of Bad’ adds Luke Hemsworth, Milo Ventimiglia

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: ‘Westworld’ actor Luke Hemsworth and “This Is Us” star Milo Ventimiglia will be featuring alongside Oscar winner Russell Crowe in the action thriller “Land of Bad”.

    Also joining the film’s cast are actors Ricky Whittle, Daniel MacPherson and Chika Ikogwe, as per entertainment news portal Deadline. The film is directed by Will Eubank, who also co-wrote the script with David Frigerio.

    Eubank is known for movies such as “The Signal” and Kristen Stewart-starrer “Underwater”. Also starring Liam Hemsworth, “Land of Bad” follows Reaper (Crowe), an Air Force drone pilot supporting a Delta Force special ops mission in the South Philippines.

    After the mission goes terribly wrong, Reaper has 48 hours to remedy what has devolved into a wild rescue operation.

    The Tier-One team, led by Cpt.Sugar (Ventimiglia) and Sgt. Abel (Luke Hemsworth) is redeployed to return and retrieve their captured man and the asset.

    ALSO READ | Hulu renews ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ for sixth and final season

    They are joined by Kinney (Liam Hemsworth), a green Air Force JTAC officer, who is thrust into the middle of a high-stakes extraction. But the ground mission suddenly turns upside down and becomes a full-scale battle when the team is discovered by the enemy.

    With no weapons and no communication other than the drone above, Reaper becomes the young operator’s only ticket out.

    The movie will start shooting in Australia later this month. It is produced by Broken Open Pictures’ David Frigerio, Eubank, Volition Media Partners’ Adam Beasley and Michael Jefferson, R.U. Robot and Highland Film Group.

    LOS ANGELES: ‘Westworld’ actor Luke Hemsworth and “This Is Us” star Milo Ventimiglia will be featuring alongside Oscar winner Russell Crowe in the action thriller “Land of Bad”.

    Also joining the film’s cast are actors Ricky Whittle, Daniel MacPherson and Chika Ikogwe, as per entertainment news portal Deadline. The film is directed by Will Eubank, who also co-wrote the script with David Frigerio.

    Eubank is known for movies such as “The Signal” and Kristen Stewart-starrer “Underwater”. Also starring Liam Hemsworth, “Land of Bad” follows Reaper (Crowe), an Air Force drone pilot supporting a Delta Force special ops mission in the South Philippines.

    After the mission goes terribly wrong, Reaper has 48 hours to remedy what has devolved into a wild rescue operation.

    The Tier-One team, led by Cpt.Sugar (Ventimiglia) and Sgt. Abel (Luke Hemsworth) is redeployed to return and retrieve their captured man and the asset.

    ALSO READ | Hulu renews ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ for sixth and final season

    They are joined by Kinney (Liam Hemsworth), a green Air Force JTAC officer, who is thrust into the middle of a high-stakes extraction. But the ground mission suddenly turns upside down and becomes a full-scale battle when the team is discovered by the enemy.

    With no weapons and no communication other than the drone above, Reaper becomes the young operator’s only ticket out.

    The movie will start shooting in Australia later this month. It is produced by Broken Open Pictures’ David Frigerio, Eubank, Volition Media Partners’ Adam Beasley and Michael Jefferson, R.U. Robot and Highland Film Group.