Temuera Morrison, best known as Boba Fett in the star Wars Franchise, and Spider-Man actor Jacob Batalon has joined Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa The demolition crewan action comedy from Amazon MGM Studios.
Frankie Adams, Miyavi and Stephen Root also join the crew, which also includes Claes Bang.
Blue Beetle Filmmaker Ángel Manuel Soto is directing the feature film, which begins production in New Zealand in October.
crew has a screenplay by Jonathan Tropper And follows two half-brothers – an unpredictable cop (Momoa) and a disciplined Navy SEAL (Bautista). After more than 20 years of feuding, they must work together to uncover the conspiracy behind their father’s murder in Hawaii.
Morrison plays the governor of Hawaii, while Batalon is a street-wise, vulgar private detective who knew the brothers’ father.
6 are producedth & Lynn Harris and Matt Reeves from Idaho as well as Bautista, Momoa and Jeffrey Fierson.
Morrison played numerous clones in various star Wars Films and headlines The Book of Boba Fett series on Disney+. He worked with Momoa on the two Aquaman Films. He is represented by Third Hill Entertainment and New Zealand’s Robert Bruce Agency.
Batalon played Peter Parker’s sidekick Ned Leeds alongside Tom Holland in Marvel Studios Spider Man Films and also appeared in Avengers: Infinity War And Avengers: Endgame. He was one of the stars of the surprise moneymaker Tarotthe horror film from Screen Gems, and played the title role and was executive producer of the series Reginald the Vampire for SyFy and Hulu. He is repped by IAG and Brecheen Feldman.
Adams will next play Moana’s strong-willed mother, Sina, in Disney’s live-action adaptation of Vaiana – The wonderful world of loveRecent credits include The vastness and Taika Waititi’s The next goal winsShe is represented by Johnson and Laird, Brave Artists Management and attorney Jeff Hynick.
Miyavi is a singer-songwriter who has written 13 studio albums. He made his film debut in the Oscar-nominated UnbrokenDirected by Angelina Jolie, and was in Legendarys Kong: Skull Islandthe animated series from Netflix Arcane and revenge film Catherine and Disney’s Maleficent 2 – The Dark Fairy. He is repped by CAA, Debut Management and LaPolt Law.
Roots credits range from cult classics Office space to the sitcom of the 1990s News radio to modern comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Fargo, Barry and 13 seasons of voice acting work at King of the Hill. His representatives are Gersh and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
Stephen Root, Miyavi
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