Variety is reporting that Jean-Claude Van Damme is set to headline the new action thriller The Bouncer from director Julien Leclercq (The Assault).
According to the site, the $10 million-budgeted film is described as “in the vein of Taken” and will see the Muscles from Brussels as Lukas, “a nightclub bouncer in his fifties who’s taken punches, literally and figuratively, and struggles to raise his 8-year-old daughter. One day, Lukas loses control during an altercation with a client and ends up in jail, while his daughter gets placed under the care of social services. But things take an unexpected turn when Interpol recruits Lukas to bring down a Dutch ringleader operating from Belgium in exchange for his daughter’s custody.”
Filming on The Bouncer is set to get underway in January. Van Damme meanwhile will next be seen in the Amazon comedy series Jean-Claude Van Johnson, which premieres on December 15th. Watch the trailer here.
Originally published November 4, 2017. Updated April 18, 2018.
