Martial arts legend Iko Uwais is again in motion, and this time, the combat takes place inside a hospital. The Raid and Mile 22 star is ready to headline the upcoming motion thriller MRI, a brand new movie from director Liam O’Donnell, who beforehand teamed up with Uwais on Past Skyline and the soon-to-be-released Skyline: Warpath.
MRI follows a broken-down hitman with a shattered household and a bum knee who’s present process a routine scan when the hospital is immediately taken over by a ruthless gang.
Trapped in the course of the chaos, he turns into the one one able to saving their goal, the daughter of a strong crime boss, whereas combating by way of agonizing ache and not possible odds. The screenplay comes from Russell Hainline, identified for Netflix’s Sizzling Frosty.
O’Donnell shared his pleasure about working with Uwais once more, saying, “Iko’s sheer charisma, soulful depth and insane work ethic makes him each director’s dream. After such an ideal expertise with Robust Island on ‘Alphas,’ I felt ‘MRI’ can be the right mission for us all to take issues to the following stage.”
The film is being produced by Christopher Tuffin of Robust Island (Freelance, Canary Black, Alphas) and Ryan Santoso for Uwais Photos. Daniel Baur’s K5 Intl. has picked up worldwide gross sales rights and can launch the mission on the American Movie Market subsequent month.
Tuffin described the movie as a contemporary throwback to the golden age of martial arts cinema. “With the dominance of Asian-themed content material within the market, we really feel ‘MRI’ is an ardent throwback to the traditional martial arts movies of the Nineteen Seventies made for audiences born within the 2000s.”
Past starring roles in hits like The Raid 2 and The Night time Comes for Us, Uwais expanded into producing and choreography by way of his firm Uwais Photos and his stunt group, Uwais Workforce. Their debut manufacturing, Ikatan Darah, opened Improbable Fest to sturdy opinions, and Uwais will quickly make his directorial debut with Timur, set to premiere in Indonesia on December 18.
Manufacturing on MRI is predicted to kick off early subsequent 12 months in Jakarta.
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