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Scott Adkins and Lewis Tan are keeping up nan action prima bromance and together will lead Deadlocked, astir a deadly siege successful which a group of jurors travel nether attack.
Pre-production connected nan pic is has begun, pinch Tan overseeing nan action creation successful collaboration pinch a conflict choreographer and Roel Reiné (Classified) directing. Collin Armstrong is nan writer, pinch Film Mode Entertainment, Vault Entertainment, Rebel Entertainment and In Tandem Productions each attached. Production is slated for precocious this year.
Film Mode will present nan task to buyers astatine nan Cannes Film Festival arsenic it launches worldwide sales.
The crippled is based astir a regular assemblage tract sojourn that turns deadly erstwhile a mercenary termination squad led by Hewitt (Adkins) storms nan location successful hunt of a concealed ledger detailing citywide corruption. Trapped inside, a disgraced ex-cop-turned-bailiff (Tan) must protect nan surviving jurors and conflict nan attackers extracurricular while exposing a traitor within.
The news comes little than a week aft we were first pinch nan news Adkins is making his directorial debut pinch MMA action pic Brawler, which besides stars Tan and is launching successful Cannes via Capture. The brace besides appeared successful Netflix pic Diablo together.
Melanie DiPietro and Samantha Simon from In Tandem developed nan thought for Deadlocked pinch Reiné and his Rebel banner, which bid arsenic shaper alongside Craig Baumgarten and Mike Staudt from Vault, and Sean Patrick O’Reilly from Arcana. Clay Epstein of Film Mode serves arsenic executive producer.
Tan is known for playing nan lead successful nan 2021 reboot of Mortal Kombat and has had roles successful Deadpool 2, Wu Assassins, Shadow and Bone and Cobra Kai, and he is group to reprise his domiciled arsenic Cole Young successful Mortal Kombat II.
Action genre stalwart Adkins is known for nan Undisputed franchise, and has had roles successful John Wick: Chapter 4, The Expendables 2, and Ip Man 4.
