Oscar-winner Ke Huy Quan (“Everything Everywhere All At Once,” “Loki”) has closed a deal to star in the New York-set action thriller “Fairytale” which is being directed by Jalmari Helander (“Sisu”). Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani penned the script which is set on Christmas Eve in New York City and centers on an unassuming cab driver (Quan) who takes one last ride before going to celebrate the holiday with his estranged son. After a run-in with a gang of criminals, he embarks on a relentless pursuit to retrieve his kid’s priceless Christmas gift.
Beau Flynn (“Jungle Cruise,” “Black Adam”) will produce. Lionsgate Motion Picture Group chair Adam Fogelson in a statement: “As soon as we watched Sisu, we knew Jalmari was a filmmaker we wanted to be in business with again. Fairytale in New York is a wildly entertaining, thrill ride of an action film and an emotionally resonant story about family.
And every once in a while, an actor hits their prime. Ke Huy Quan is having that moment right now and his deep experience crafting action in front of and behind the camera as well as his exceptional likability make him the perfect actor for this project.” Quan will shortly be making his leading man and action hero debut on Universal Pictures’ “Love Hurts” opening in February and will also appearing the Russo’s “The Electric State” debuting in March.
Source: Lionsgate.
