Action thrillerLand of Badhas supplemented its cast with five more actors, includingMilo VentimigliaandLuke Hemsworth. The military actioner will be helmed by Australian director Will Eubank. The film will add Ventimiglia, Hemsworth,Ricky Whittle,Daniel MacPherson, andChika Ikogweto a cast that will be headlined byRussell Croweand Luke’s brotherLiam Hemsworth.
In the film, Crowe plays Reaper, an Air Force drone pilot attached to a Special Forces mission in the South Philippines. The team, led by Captain Sugar (Ventimiglia) and Sergeant Abel (Luke Hemsworth), is sent to extract a captured colleague and an asset; along for the ride is Kinney (Liam Hemsworth), a junior joint terminal attack controller. Soon, the mission turns sour, and Reaper becomes Kinney’s only hope to escape the titular “Land of Bad”.
Ventimiglia is coming off a six-season run on NBC’sThis Is Us, which aired its final season earlier this year. Next he will star in the ABC dramaThe Company You Keep, which is expected to premiere next year. Luke Hemsworth likewise is coming off a multi-year TV run. He starred on HBO’sWestworld, which aired its fourth (and possibly final) season earlier this year, as well. He will appear alongsideThomas JaneandTyrese Gibsonin the upcoming action comedyBad Hombres. Whittle is a British actor who starred onAmerican Gods, which concluded last year. Australian actor MacPherson starred on Cinemax’sStrike Backand Apple’sFoundation.Ikogwe can be seen on Netflix’s reboot of Australian high school dramaHeartbreak High, which will premiere later this month. An Oscar winner for his turn in 2000’sGladiator, Crowe starred in this year’sThor: Love and Thunder, alongside both Luke andChris Hemsworth, which is now available to steam on Disney Plus. Liam Hemsworth, known for his role as Gale in theHunger Gamesfranchise, will star with Crowe in the upcoming thrillerPoker Face. Eubank is the director of 2014’sThe Signal, 2020’sUnderwater, and last year’sParanormal Activity: Next of Kin.
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Eubank will co-writeLand of BadwithDavid Frigerio, who will also produce the film for Broken Open Pictures. Also producing areWill Eubank, Volition Media Partners’Adam BeasleyandMichael Jefferson, R.U. Robot, and Highland Film Group. Exective-producing will be Hoodlum Entertainment’sTracey Robertson,Nathan MayfieldandTracey Vieira
Land of Bad will begin shooting in Southeast Queensland and Australia’s Gold Coast this month.
