UFC Mild Heavyweight Champion Alex “Poatan” Pereira is in talks to play the villain The Butcher in Adam Wingard’s Onslaught
Contemporary off the success of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire and with Face/Off 2 in improvement, director Adam Wingard and screenwriter Simon Barrett are engaged on one other undertaking that may take them again to their roots. It’s referred to as Onslaught, and it’s stated to be “in the vein of Wingard and Barrett’s cult classics like The Guest and You’re Next.“ It was previously announced that Adria Arjona (Hit Man) has the lead role in the film, and now The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Alex “Poatan” Pereira is in talks to make his performing debut because the villain of the piece, a personality referred to as The Butcher. In accordance with The Hollywood Reporter, Pereira will be capable of “bring his set of skills to the role — including anaconda chokes and roundhouse kicks.” In addition they be aware that “Pereira is a former kickboxer and Brazilian mixed martial artist who currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is one of a handful of fighters to become a champion in two different weight divisions.”
Talking of skillsets, sources say that Arjona’s character is “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.”
Lyrical Media and A24 are co-financing the undertaking and A24 will deal with worldwide distribution. Onslaught is predicted to enter manufacturing in New Mexico this fall. Aaron Ryder and Andrew Swett are producing the movie below their Ryder Image Firm banner, alongside A24. Alexander Black is producing for Lyrical Media. Wingard and his supervisor Jeremy Platt are additionally producing, via their new shingle Breakaway Civilization, together with Barrett. Lyrical’s Jon Rosenberg and Natalie Sellers function govt producers.
Engaged on Onslaught implies that Wingard, who additionally directed Godzilla vs. Kong, has to overlook out on the third movie within the Godzilla / Kong collection. 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.” When he stepped away to make Onslaught, Warner Bros. and Legendary Photos employed Grant Sputore, the director of Hilary Swank’s sci-fi thriller I Am Mom, to take the helm of the brand new installment. Dave Callaham (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) is writing the script. The MonsterVerse movie is scheduled for a March 26, 2027 launch.
Onslaught doesn’t have a launch date but, however chances are high good that we’ll see it lengthy earlier than the third Godzilla / Kong film. What do you consider Alex Pereira being forged to play The Butcher within the movie? Tell us by leaving a remark beneath.
