Dark Castle Boards WestEnd’s Thriller ‘Zealot’ Starring Djimon Hounsou and Kodi Smit-McPhee, First Look Revealed (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comAlex Ritman Dark Castle Entertainment (“Last Breath,” “Shell,” “Orphan: First Kill”) has come on board to produce and finance “Zealot,” the upcoming claustrophobic thriller starring Djimon Hounsou (“A Quiet Place Part II,” “Blood Diamond”) and Kodi Smit-McPhee (“The Power of the Dog,” “Disclaimer”).
WestEnd Films — which announced the project in Cannes — has sold number of territories, and is continuing sales at the AFM. WestEnd has also released a first look of the film, which recently wrapped production in Canada.
Directed by Vadim Perelman (“House of Sand and Fog,” “Persian Lessons”) and written by playwright Bennett Fisher — based on his award-winning play “Damascus” — “Zealot” is a film about privilege, paranoia, and the assumptions we make about one another.
The film follows Hassan, a Somali-American airport shuttle driver in Minneapolis, who is struggling to make ends meet. When Lloyd, a stranded twenty something at the airport, offers to pay Hassan to take him overland to Chicago, it seems worth the risk.
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