Andrew McCarthy, Drew Van Acker & Debby Ryan To Topline Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Orion’
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Andrew McCarthy (Brats), Drew Van Acker (Last Survivors) and Debby Ryan (Shortcomings) have wrapped production in New York on Orion, a new sci-fi thriller from director Jaco Bouwer (Gaia).
Written by first-timer Anne Vithayathil, the film centers around a heated interrogation between a U.S. Intelligence expert tasked to help an amnesiac astronaut recover his memory in order to determine “who” or “what” killed the rest of the crew before they crash landed back on Earth.
Producing the film alongside Van Acker, Elle Army (Life Like) and Scott Army, Sunil Perkash (Enchanted, Salt), describes the project as “a very unique world building sci fi thriller that relies on incredibly strong performances from all of the cast and the meticulously curated world building by our director, Jaco Bouwer.
We could not be more excited to bring our clever twisting and turning film to audiences worldwide soon.” Pic’s cast also includes rising singer/actress Karin Ann, Natalia Lesz, Theodora Miran and Danny Bisla.
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