EXCLUSIVE: Radhika Apte (Sister Midnight), Naveen Andrews (The Dropout) and Ken Leung (Avatar: The Final Airbender) have signed on to star reverse the beforehand introduced Sky Yang in Final Days, the following movie from the Quick & Livid franchise’s Justin Lin.
Primarily based on the Exterior Journal article The Final Days of John Allen Chau by journalist Alex Perry, that is the story of John Allen Chau, who believes he has been chosen to save lots of the souls of the uncontacted tribe of North Sentinel Island. Designated as a protected website by the Indian authorities, John units on a harrowing journey to proselytize the Sentinelese in his determined seek for identification, goal, and belonging.
Written by Ben Ripley (Supply Code), and marking Lin’s return to his indie roots, the movie has simply kicked off manufacturing in Thailand. Along with directing, Lin is producing via his Excellent Storm Leisure, overseen by Salvador Gatdula and Andrew Schneider. Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Eric Robinson may even produce alongside Clayton Townsend and Guja Quaranta. Exterior Journal, Brillstein Leisure Companions’ George Heller, Luke Velocity and Perry will function EPs.
An actress, author, director and producer, Apte most just lately starred within the Indian Hindi-language spy comedy Mrs. Undercover, in addition to the Apple TV+ drama collection, Shantaram. Up subsequent, she’ll be seen in Karan Kandhari’s dramedy Sister Midnight, which is premiering at Cannes.
Maybe greatest identified for his lead position reverse Amanda Seyfried in Hulu’s award-winning miniseries The Dropout, produced by Michael Showalter and Katherine Pope, Andrews has reteamed with Showalter on The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh, an upcoming comedy collection for Amazon Freevee. Different notable credit for the actor embody J.J Abrams’ iconic ABC collection Misplaced and Anthony Minghella’s The English Affected person.
At the moment, Leung might be seen starring in HBO’s Business and Netflix’s live-action Avatar: The Final Airbender. Different movie credit embody M. Night time Shyamalan’s Previous, Spike Lee’s Sucker Free Metropolis, Edward Norton’s Holding the Religion, and Todd Phillips’ upcoming Joker: Folie á Deux. He’ additionally been seen on Misplaced, in addition to The Sopranos and Excessive Upkeep on HBO.
Apte is repped by UTA and Curtis Brown; Andrews by Gersh, Ellen Meyer Administration, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman; and Leung by Brillstein Leisure Companions.