Forest Whitaker to Co-Star With Tom Hardy in Action Film

Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Forest Whitaker is about to co-star with Tom Hardy within the Netflix motion movie “Havoc” from Gareth Evans, the director of the critically acclaimed martial arts movie “The Raid.”

Evans has set a movie take care of Netflix to provide and direct movies for the studio, and “Havoc” — which he’ll write, direct and produce — is the primary underneath the inventive partnership.

Hardy stars in “Havoc” as a bruised detective who, after a drug deal gone improper, should struggle his approach by a felony underworld to rescue a politician’s estranged son. In doing so, he unravels a deep internet of corruption and conspiracy that ensnares his total metropolis.

Evans will produce by his One More One Productions, as will Tom Hardy and Ed Talfan for Severn Screen and Aram Tertzakian for XYZ Films.

Evans is greatest recognized for his Indonesian motion, crime and martial arts movies, together with “Merantau,” “The Raid” and “The Raid 2.” His blisteringly violent and trendy motion motion pictures have gained acclaim from critics and have launched Western audiences to stars like Iko Uwais and Joe Taslim, whereas additionally introducing the Indonesian martial artwork of Pencak Silat into world cinema.

Evans beforehand labored with Netflix on the 2018 thriller “Apostle” starring Dan Stevens.

Forest Whitaker at present stars within the Epix collection “Godfather of Harlem” as gangster Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson, and the present’s second season will premiere in April.

Whitaker is repped by WME and Brillstein Entertainment.