NOVEMBER 14 2023
WARPATH: Iko Uwais Reteams With ‘Beyond Skyline’ Helmer Liam O’Donnell For New Sci-Fi Action Adventure [EXCLUSIVE]
LEE B. GOLDEN III
Actor and action star Iko Uwais is tapped for the lead role in the tentatively titled Warpath, from director Liam O’Donnell (Beyond Skyline, Portals). The film will rejoin both star and director following their previous collaboration on 2017’s sci-fi sequel, Beyond Skyline, with Frank Grillo and Yayan Ruhian.
Exact plot details are unknown, but I am told that Uwais will play “a small-time criminal who, after discovering a powerful artifact in the midst of a world-altering event, embarks on a perilous mission across Indonesia to save his people from warring factions of dangerous adversaries”. Uwais is also bringing his team on board for the film’s action design.
Uwais has accrued a decade of screen credits that have earned him acclaim in the martial arts movie arena, with credits partly including Merantau and both installments of Gareth Huw Evans’ The Raid, Jesse Johnson’s action ensemble Triple Threat, Joe Taslim headliner The Night Comes For Us and Lionsgate’s latest release, Expend4bles. He can next be seen in upcoming sci-fi flick, Ash, from director Flying Lotus and also starring Eiza González and Aaron Paul.
O’Donnell catapulted into sci-fi fame after serving as producer on 2010 alien invasion thriller, Skyline, ultimately helming the sequel, as well as its third installment, Skylines. Along with Warpath, he is additionally attached to direct the fourth chapter in the Skyline saga, Skyline: Radial, reportedly with Lindsey Morgan reprising her role from the films.
The director’s 2024 production schedule folllowing last week’s end of the 118 day-long SAG-AFTRA strike further includes Martin Henderson-led shark thriller, Alphas, on which XYZ Films boarded world sales during AFM earlier this month.
Lead photo via Instagram courtesy of Liam O’Donnell
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