Gerard Butler is adding another action-thriller to his portfolio, this time for newly-relaunched distributor Open Road Films.
The Fallen franchise star is set to take the lead in Copshop alongside Frank Grillo, with Joe Carnahan (The Grey, The A-Team) set to direct.
Open Road, which relaunched as a distributor earlier this year after being bought by private equity group Raven Capital Management from Donald Tang's Tang Media Partners in late 2018, will release theatrically in the U.S.
STXInternational will handle foreign distribution and release directly in the U.K. and Ireland. Copshop sees a small-town police station becomes the unlikely battleground between a professional hitman (Butler), a smart rookie female cop, and a double-crossing.
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