Deadline is reporting that WWE superstar Jade Cargill will make her acting debut in True Threat, an action thriller from director Gerard McMurray (The First Purge).
The film will see Cargill starring alongside Jonathan Majors, who is looking to embark on his acting comeback following his conviction for assaulting his ex-girlfriend, which saw him dropped from a number of projects including Marvel’s planned Avengers: The Kang Dynasty (now the Robert Downey Jr.-led Avengers: Doomsday).
True Threat sees Majors as “Special Forces operative Vernon Threat, who returns home seeking justice after his teenage son is murdered by Harlem’s Apollo Kids gang. Threat infiltrates The Carter, a 20-story project building controlled by the gang, and fights his way floor by floor and boss by boss toward a confrontation with its leader and his former mentor, Shallow.”
As per Deadline, Cargill is set to portray Meeka, “a key lieutenant in the Apollo Kids and one of the film’s central antagonists. Meeka controls the building’s red light district and operates as a power broker inside The Carter.”
“I am excited to have Jade join us on True Threat,” said McMurray . “She is a unique talent with a rare blend of athleticism, charisma, and control on camera. The role of Meeka requires presence and precision, and Jade brings both. I believe audiences will see a completely new side of her in this film.”
Filming on True Threat is set to take place in the Fall.
