Karl Urban Is Set to Star in the Action Thriller ENTRY LEVEL
Dredd and Star Trek star Karl Urban has landed the lead role in an upcoming action thriller called Entry Level. He’ll star alongside Brenton Thwaites (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, The Giver), and it sounds like it could be a pretty intense movie.
The film opens on a young man (Thwaites) who mysteriously awakens in a super high-security office building and is forced by an unknown stranger to complete a strictly timed series of dangerous tasks that implicate him in a deadly crime with global consequences. The building’s top-level security team, led by Chief Morris Baslo (Urban), pursues him in this action packed game of cat and mouse.
Urban and Thwaites are both great actors, and this seems like a solid film project for both of them. The movie will be directed by Franck Khalfoun (Amityville: The Awakening) from a script written by Benjamin Hurley. Producer Sheila Taylor said in a statement:
“Karl Urban’s ability to present a smart, gritty character who is shaded with humanity makes him the ideal person for this role. We couldn’t imagine a better foil for our film, and cannot wait to watch his character race against the clock as he puts the pieces together.”
Producer Tannaz Anisi added:
“Karl Urban is one of the film industry’s most exciting actors having played a number of iconic roles in recent times. He brings a level of gravitas and suspense to all of his performances and has a proven track record of playing versatile and commanding characters. Karl is perfect to bring this heart racing chase film to life.”
The film will start shooting in early 2017, and I can’t wait to see how it turns out.