Amazon MGM Lands ‘The Kellys’ Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger & Liam Hemsworth; Brad Peyton Directing Thunder Road Actioner

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EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios has landed worldwide authorities to The Kellys, a caller action flick to prima Arnold Schwarzenegger and Liam Hemsworth, which will beryllium made disposable for streaming connected Prime Video.

Hailing from head Brad Peyton and Thunder Road Films, nan movie follows Jack Kelly, a disgraced NYC bull whose wife, Molly, is taken hostage by terrorists wrong an aged armory building. Subsequently, he’ll person to subordinate forces pinch nan group he fears astir to prevention her: His family.

Known for Netflix’s chart-topper Atlas starring Jennifer Lopez, positive Dwayne Johnson starrers like Rampage and San Andreas, Peyton teamed pinch Tze Chun (Gotham, Once Upon a Time) to constitute nan script. Production is presently underway.

Schwarzenegger reunites present pinch Amazon MGM aft taking connected nan domiciled of Santa successful their forthcoming Christmas film The Man pinch nan Bag, directed by Adam Shankman. Among nan action leader and erstwhile California Governor’s different upcoming projects is simply a caller King Conan movie successful improvement astatine 20th from the Mission: Impossible franchise’s Christopher McQuarrie. He is repped by UTA and Patrick Knapp of GGSSC.

Previously moving pinch Schwarzenegger connected 2012’s The Expendables 2, Hemsworth has astir precocious been seen starring successful Netflix’s The Witcher — taking complete Henry Cavill’s starring domiciled of Geralt of Rivia — positive Susannah Grant’s romanticist drama Lonely Planet for nan aforesaid streamer. He is repped by Brandon Liebman of Range Media Partners and David Krtinzman of Yorn, Levine, Barnes.

The head of films that person grossed good complete $1 cardinal astatine nan worldwide container office, Peyton is repped by CAA, The Characters Talent Agency, and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.

Upcoming for Thunder Road is Paramount’s merchandise of nan company’s crime thriller By Any Means, starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Mark Wahlberg, connected September 4.

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