It’s time for Idris Elba’s hammer. The actor will star in and produce Falling weightThe action film marks the directorial debut of Simon Hatt, who has produced projects for Marvel Studios and DC.
Veteran producer Charles Roven won his first Best Picture Oscar earlier this year Oppenheimerin production Falling weight through his Atlas Entertainment and the company’s Madison Weireter. Elba is also produced with Gina Carter (look how they run) through their 22 Summers banner. Black Bear will make the title available at next week’s American Film Market.
Hart had previously shot Falling weight Short films starring this is us Actor Chris Sullivan plays a widowed truck driver nicknamed Hammer Down. event Actress Abigail Dylan Harrison stars as Hammer Down’s youngest daughter, who follows him as he attempts to deliver a mysterious package. The project is personal for Hart, who grew up in England, the son of a lorry driver.
This story has now been expanded into a feature, the synopsis of which is as follows:
Mike (Elba) is the best at what he does, driving a massive truck across the country with a “no questions asked” policy on the goods he transports. When he takes his tenacious teenage daughter to work, they are stalked and attacked by a ruthless group of criminals who will stop at nothing to protect the goods he has been entrusted to deliver. Hunted by both criminals and the police, Mike and his daughter must work together to prevent the cargo from falling into dangerous hands and survive to see another day.
The film marks the reunion of Elba, Rowan and Hart, who previously worked together on James Gunn’s film suicide squad. Working as an assistant to directors like Matthew Vaughn and Gunn, Hart learned the trade of filmmaking from some of the most stylish and unique voices in the industry. He has spent the past decade working on Gunn projects, including Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy, brightburn and peacemaker. He started as an assistant and worked his way up guardian To the Executive Producer Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3then left the superhero genre to start his own business. Hatt is repped by UTA and Underground.
Elba is set to receive an Emmy nomination for Apple series hijackA second season is in production and has a voice role in an upcoming episode Sonic the Hedgehog 3and is producing Kathleen Bigelow’s next film.
Rowan Producer dark knight trilogy, starring Rebecca Ferguson and Chis Pratt mercy It will be produced by Amazon-MGM Pictures next year.
