Kiefer Sutherland and Al Pacino Team Up for Luc Besson’s 1990s Action Thriller FATHER JOE
Kiefer Sutherland is returning to the gritty streets of action cinema, this time teaming up with Al Pacino and rising star Ever Anderson for the upcoming thriller Father Joe.
The film, written and produced by Luc Besson, is set in 1990s Manhattan and promises a mix of faith, fury, and fierce underworld conflict.
In Father Joe, Sutherland stars as a man of faith who finds himself at war with Manhattan’s criminal underworld. Pacino takes on the role of a powerful mob boss whose empire collides with Father Joe’s violent crusade for justice.
Anderson, known for her work in Peter Pan & Wendy and Black Widow, plays a young woman torn between the lure of danger and the hope of redemption under Joe’s guidance.
Directed by Barthélémy Grossmann (Arthur: Malediction), Father Joe begins shooting in mid-October. The project is being developed by LB Production and EuropaCorp, the same powerhouse team behind Besson’s iconic action hits Taken with Liam Neeson, Lucy with Scarlett Johansson, and Léon: The Professional, the 1994 classic that helped launch Natalie Portman’s career.
Sutherland shared his excitement about joining the project, saying, “I have been a fan of Luc Besson going back to ‘Subway’. As a director and a writer, he has a unique capacity to weave drama and action together without sacrificing either.
“I’m so excited about this opportunity to work with him as the writer of ‘Father Joe’ and director Barthélémy Grossmann. I can’t wait to get started.”
While Father Joe is gearing up for production, Besson is coming off the success of his latest film, Dracula: A Love Story, a gothic horror romance starring Caleb Landry Jones and Christoph Waltz.
With Father Joe, it looks like Besson is diving back into the kind of stylish, high-stakes storytelling that defined his earlier work.
Source: Variety