EXCLUSIVE: Swiss actor Daniel Bernhardt (Matchbox) has inked a deal to join Walton Goggins, Amber Midthunder, and Florian Munteanu in Painter20th Century Studios’ new action film marking the feature directorial debut of veteran stunt coordinator and second unit director Garrett Warren.
No word yet on the role he’ll play in the pic, which counts the Avatar franchise’s James Cameron among its executive producers. Midthunder stars as a young woman trained in combat from childhood who uses her skills to rescue her kidnapped father (Goggins), embarking on a perilous mission that tests her abilities to the limit.
The John Wick franchise’s Derek Kolstad wrote the script and is producing alongside Drew Simon and Sam Speiser of FilmNation’s Infrared Pictures, as well as Josh Adler of Circle M + P, with Cameron exec producing on behalf of Lightstorm Entertainment. JR Young is overseeing the project for the studio, which is shooting in Serbia.
Introduced by FilmNation last fall as a sales title at AFM, the film originally had Alan Ritchson attached to star opposite Midthunder, although he was reportedly forced to exit the project due to scheduling conflicts.
On the festival circuit of late with a lead role in fantasy remake DeathstalkerBernhardt can currently be seen starring opposite Dave Bautista, Samuel L. Jackson, and Olga Kurylenko in the post-apocalyptic action film Afterburn. Other notable credits include Nobody 2, Ballerinaand Extraction 2. Next to be seen alongside John Cena in Apple, Mattel, and Skydance’s Matchboxhe is repped by Vault Entertainment and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman.
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