Dan Stevens will reunite with Adam Wingard for motion thriller Onslaught after working collectively on The Visitor and Godzilla x Kong.
THR experiences that Dan Stevens is about to reunite with Adam Wingard on the director’s upcoming motion thriller, Onslaught. Stevens starred in The Visitor and in addition appeared in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.
Adria Arjona is starring in Onslaught, which is being described as a “gonzo action horror thriller.” Plot particulars have been saved tightly below wraps, however earlier experiences have acknowledged that Arjona will play “a mother who falls back on a particular set of skills in order to protect her loved ones after she runs afoul of a threat that has escaped a secret military base.” Stevens can have extra of a supporting position within the movie as a German scientist who’s engaged on the experiments that escape.
It was introduced final week that UFC Gentle Heavyweight Champion Alex “Poatan” Pereira could be enjoying a personality often called The Butcher, who is claimed to be the villain of the film. Manufacturing is slated to kick off in New Mexico subsequent month.
Onslaught can be one thing of a return to his roots for Wingard, because the director has spent the previous few years enjoying along with his buddies Godzilla and King Kong. He helmed Godzilla v Kong and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, and though the studio had been eager on getting him again for one more sequel, there was no deal in place for him to take action. He had been open to returning, beforehand saying, “There’s always the seduction of making a trilogy out of it, and I think that there’s some untapped areas to go into. There’s also ways to continue to innovate the stylized approach to the MonsterVerse, and what’s great about the MonsterVerse is that it’s allowed so many different directors to approach it with their unique style and color palette.”
Wingard formally stepped right down to give attention to Onslaught, and the studio tapped Grant Sputore, the director of Hilary Swank’s sci-fi thriller I Am Mom, to helm the brand new installment. Dave Callaham (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) is writing the script. The MonsterVerse movie is slated for a March 26, 2027 launch.