Bruce Willis’ ‘Soul Assassin’ Adds Hannah Quinlivan, Closes Italy, Korea (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comJohn Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentBest-known for her action roles in “Skyscraper,” with Dwayne Johnson, and Simon West’s “Skyfire,” Asian star Hannah Quinlivan has joined director Jesse Atlas’s sci-fi feature “Soul Assassin.”The film’s ensemble cast also includes Bruce Willis (“Die Hard,” “The Sixth Sense”), Andy Allo (“Upload,” “Pitch Perfect 3”), Nomzamo Mbatha (“Coming2America,” “All About Love”), Dominic Purcell (“Killer Elite,” “Assault on Wall Street”) and Mustafa Shakir (“Cowboy Bebop,” “Emancipation”).Atlas’ feature debut, “Soul Assassin”is described as a female-led, mind-bending sci-fi thriller.
In it, a female former black ops soldier joins an experimental drone warfare program to hunt down her husband’s killer. When the technology is stolen, however, the hunter becomes the hunted. “This is a groundbreaking genre film bound to be an audience favorite and an international dream cast of both veterans and rising stars adds even more appeal,” said Atlas, who wrote “Soul Assassin” along with Aaron Wolfe, based on their short film “Let Them Die Like Lovers.”Quinlivan’s casting news comes as “Soul Assassin,” which is financed by Joel Shapiro of MagiCity Studios and Jeff Elliott of Brickell & Broadbridge International, has closed new major territories with big commercial distributors such as Eagle Pictures for Italy and CDC for Latin America.
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