EXCLUSIVE: Warm Bodies and A Discovery Of Witches actress Teresa Palmer has been set to star with Russell Crowe, Nina Dobrev and Kartiah Vergara in action-thriller Bear Country, which is currently filming in Australia.
Helmed by Derrick Borte, Bear Country follows an ageing but formidable club owner, Manco Kapak (Crowe), who is robbed by a masked gunman, leaving his aspirations of selling his club and riding off into the sunset alongside his razor sharp girlfriend Sunny (Palmer) more distant than ever.
Palmer has the female lead role. Pic is produced by Mark Fasano of Nickel City Pictures, Jeffrey Greenstein of A Higher Standard, Deborah Glover of G2 Dispatch, and Mark Bower and Bruno Music of Life & Soul Pictures.
Borte, alongside Daniel Forte (American Dreamer), wrote the screenplay based on the Thomas Perry novel, Strip. We first revealed the project last year with A Higher Standard selling in Cannes.
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