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Jason Statham & Director Baltasar Kormakur Team On New Action-Thriller For Black Bear — Cannes Market Hot Project


Statham will play a character who is dragged away from his life on a remote Scottish island to confront the demons of his past.

EXCLUSIVE: Jason Statham( Fast & Furious) has been set to lead a new action-thriller from director Baltasar Kormákur ( Everest), which Black Bear is launching this week for the Cannes market. When he rescues a young girl from the ocean in a terrible storm, he sets a chain of events in motion that brings a violent attack to his hideaway, forcing him back into the world to confront the ghosts of his past. “The combination of Jason’s unparalleled skill in explosive action and track record in the genre, with Balt’s elevated, kinetic filmmaking style that always keeps character and story in the foreground is undeniable,” said Black Bear’s John Friedberg.

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