Morgan Freeman To Star As Villian In On-coming Action-Thriller Film

 

Morgan Freeman and Liam Hensworth are going to star in an upcoming film Gunner and Freeman will play the villian as confirmed by the film director Dimitri Logothetis. 

Speaking to Screen Daily, Dimitri expressed how delighted he is having to work with Freeman and mentioned that his role as villian Thaddeus in Now You See Me was what inspired his choice of Freeman to be just right for a similar role in Gunner.

Freeman portray as Kendric Ryker is a kingpin of a gang that kidnap the two sons of Liam Hensworth portray as a war veteran Colonel Lee Gunner. Ryker's gang kidnapped Gunner's two sons after their fishing trip turns awry. 

The action-thriller film is reportedly set to commence filming in spring and the location is set for Alabama and as Highland Film Group's COO Delphine Perrier was quoted as saying, the film is expected to be "high-octane story about a war hero who will do anything to protect his family".