Dave Bautista and Samuel L. Jackson have signed on to star in apocalyptic action-adventure Afterburn, an adaptation of the Red 5 Comics miniseries to be directed by J.J. Perry.
Set a decade after a solar flare has disrupted all technology across the globe, Bautista will take on the role of Jake, an ex-soldier turned treasure hunter who teams up with a weapons expert named Drea in order to track down the Mona Lisa.
According to Deadline Samuel L. Jackson will star in a supporting role to the Guardians of the Galaxy actor, playing a freedom fighter named Valentine.
A long-time passion project for producers Neal H. Moritz (Fast and Furious) and Toby Jaffe (Total Recall), Afterburn was originally announced way back in 2018 as a potential franchise starter for Gerard Butler, but that iteration of the graphic novel never came to fruition.
Perry, a second-unit director and stunt coordinator on the John Wick franchise, has just completed action-comedy The Killer’s Game, which also stars Bautista alongside Ice Cube and Sofia Boutella.
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