, best known for playing Boba Fett in the franchise, and Spider-Man actor have joined and in , an action comedy from Amazon MGM Studios. Frankie Adams, Miyavi and Stephen Root are also joining the crew roster, which additionally includes Claes Bang. filmmaker Ángel Manuel Soto is directing the feature, which heads into production in October in New Zealand.
has a script by Jonathan Tropper follows two half-brothers — one a loose cannon cop (Momoa) and the other a disciplined Navy SEAL (Bautista). After 20-odd years of bad blood, they must work together to unravel the conspiracy behind their father’s murder in Hawaii. Morrison will play the governor of Hawaii while Batalon is a street-savvy, foul-mouthed private investigator who knew the brothers’ father.
Producing are 6 & Idaho’s Lynn Harris and Matt Reeves as well as Bautista, Momoa and Jeffrey Fierson. Morrison played numerous clones in various movies and headlined series at Disney+. He worked with Momoa on the two movies.
He is repped by Third Hill Entertainment and New Zealand’s Robert Bruce Agency. Batalon played Peter Parker’s pal Ned Leeds opposite Tom Holland in the Marvel Studios movies, and also appeared in and He was one of the stars of surprise moneymaker , the horror flick from Screen Gems, and played the title role and executive produced the series for SyFy and Hulu. He is repped by IAG and Brecheen Feldman.
Adams will be next seen playing Sina, the strong-willed mother of Moana in Disney’s live-action adaptation of . Recent credits include and Taika Waititi’s . She is repped by Johnson and Laird, Brave Artists Management and attorney Jeff Hynick.
Miyavi is a singer-songwriter behind 13 studio albums. He made his film debut in the Oscar-nominated , directed by Angelina Jolie, and earned credits on Legendary’s , Netflix’s animated series as well as revenge movie and Disney’s He is repped by CAA, Debut Management and LaPolt Law. Root’s credits range from cult classic to 1990s sitcom to modern comedy series , , and 13 seasons of voice work on .
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