Idris Elba is about to play a heroic truck driver within the excessive octane motion thriller Hammer Down, from director Simon Hatt
My father was a truck driver, as was his father earlier than him, so I’ve spent a while in “the trucker world” and have a smooth spot for motion pictures that contain truck drivers – so, sure, Smokey and the Bandit is considered one of my all-time-favorite and most-watched motion pictures. Because of this I’m hyped to listen to that Idris Elba of Luther, Hobbs & Shaw, and The Suicide Squad, amongst many different credit, has signed on to play a truck driver within the upcoming excessive octane motion thriller Hammer Down!
Simon Hatt, who has served as an affiliate producer, govt producer, and co-producer on varied James Gunn tasks, together with The Suicide Squad, will probably be making his characteristic directorial debut with this movie. Hatt has additionally written the screenplay for Hammer Down, which is predicated on his 2020 quick movie (it had a operating time of 13 minutes) with the identical title. The quick model starred Chris Sullivan of This Is Us because the title character.
Aiming to be enjoyable and quick paced, the characteristic model of Hatt’s thought will see Elba taking over the function of Mac, who’s the perfect at what he does, driving an enormous rig truck throughout the nation with a “no questions asked” coverage concerning the items he transports. When he takes his tenacious teenage daughter alongside for a job, they’re tracked and attacked by a relentless group of criminals that may cease at nothing to safe the consignment he has been entrusted to ship. Pursued by cruel killers and with the police sizzling on their path, Mac and his daughter should work collectively to forestall the cargo falling into harmful fingers and survive to dwell one other day. A press launch says this function will permit Elba to “push his abilities even additional by embodying the function of heroic truck driver ‘Mac’ and exhibiting the humanity of a father who will do something to guard his household.“
Charles Roven and Madison Weireter are producing Hammer Down for Atlas Entertainment, whereas Idris Elba and Gina Carter do the identical for 22Summers. Black Bear will probably be presenting the challenge to worldwide consumers on the American Movie Market subsequent week.
The press launch provides that “Hatt’s expertise with Gunn was a masterclass in how one can stability motion, emotion and humor in a movie and in Hammer Down, Hatt will showcase his personal distinctive aptitude for the motion style.“
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