Annabelle Wallis To Co-Star Opposite Jason Statham In Action-Thriller ‘Mutiny’
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has set Annabelle Wallis (Peaky Blinders) to co-lead opposite Jason Statham in the upcoming action-thriller Mutiny.
Pic is produced by Statham and his newly minted production company Punch Palace Productions and Marc Butan under his MadRiver Pictures banner. Jean-Fran?ois Richet (Plane) is directing the movie.
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In Mutiny, after his billionaire industrialist boss is murdered in front of him, Cole Reed is set up to take the fall for the crime— leaving him on the run as he works to uncover an international conspiracy.
Screenplay is by Lindsay Michel and J.P. Davis (Plane). Principal photography will take place this fall in the UK.
This film marks the latest collaboration between Richet, Butan, and Davis following Plane in 2023. Evan Powell will oversee for MadRiver. Lauren Bixby and Scott O’Brien oversee for Lionsgate.
Wallis is best known for starring in hit horror franchise Annabelle and for playing Grace Shelby in BBC-Netflix smash series Peaky Blinders. She recently wrapped shooting the Amazon/MGM feature Mercy opposite Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson for director Timur Bekmambetov, and can be seen in the Netflix Italy movie Vanished Into the Night, which became a global hit for the streamer.
She is repped by UTA, Untitled and United Agents.
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