EXCLUSIVE: Before filming got underway last month on action film The Beast, Renny Harlin (Cliffhanger) came aboard as director, taking over from the previously announced James Madigan (The Meg second unit director).
The team is almost wrapped on a four week shoot in Madrid and the Canary Islands, Spain. As we previously revealed, Samuel L.
Jackson (Pulp Fiction), Joel Kinnaman (Suicide Squad), and Guy Burnet (Oppenheimer) are starring. The project had been due to start in early September but was pushed back a little due to LED stages needing further tech prep, we’re told.
No reason was given for Madigan’s exit. The film’s title refers to a presidential limousine nicknamed ‘The Beast’ by the Secret Service.
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