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Amazon’s Heads of State casts Paddy Considine, Stephen Root, Carla Gugino and more

May 13, 2023 by Ricky Church

Amazon Studios has announced a number of actors cast in its upcoming action thriller Heads of State alongside John Cena (Peacemaker), Idris Elba (Luther: The Fallen Sun) and Priyanka Chopra Jonas (Citadel).

Joining the trio in the ensemble is Paddy Considine (House of the Dragon), Stephen Root (Barry), Carla Gugino (Leopard Skin), Jack Quaid (The Boys), Sarah Niles (Ted Lasso), Richard Coyle (Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore), Clare Foster (Sherlock), Katrina Durden (Doctor Strange) and Aleksandr Kuznetsov (Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore).

No plot details are known, but Heads of State is described as “Air Force One meets Midnight Run.”

The film will be directed by Ilya Naishuller (Nobody) from a script by Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec after a draft by Harrison Query. The Safran Company is producing Heads of State with Peter Safran and John Rickard overseeing production with Cena, Elba and Marcus Viscidi serving as executive producers.

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Filed Under: Movies, News, Ricky Church Tagged With: Alexsandr Kuznetsov, Carla Gugino, Clare Foster, heads of state, Idris Elba, Jack Quaid, John Cena, Katrina Durden, Paddy Considine, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Richard Coyle, Sarah Niles, Stephen Root

About Ricky Church

Ricky Church is a Canadian screenwriter whose hobbies include making stop-motion animation on his YouTube channel Tricky Entertainment. You can follow him for more nerd thoughts on his Bluesky and Threads accounts.

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