Owen Wilson Joins Alan Ritchson in the Action Drama RUNNER
Owen Wilson is set to star alongside Alan Ritchson (Reacher) in the upcoming action thriller Runner, which is set to be directed by Scott Waugh (Need for Speed, Expendables 4).
The script for the film was on the Black List, and it was written by Tommy White and Miles Hubley.
Runner follows “Hank Malone (Ritchson), a high-end courier who has three hours to transport an organ to save a seven-year-old girl in need of an immediate transplant.
“The seemingly simple mission turns deadly when the leader of a notorious crime syndicate becomes hell-bent on claiming the organ.”
Wilson will play Ben, ”the medical courier that Ritchson is begrudgingly forced to transport and protect.”
Waugh said in a statement: “This pairing is something I believe audiences have been hungry for, and we strive to achieve the unexpected from the page-turner script that Miles and Tommy delivered.”
The film will begin shooting in the Australian state of Queensland this March. The film is said to have a “grounded nature and emotional through-line is one-of-a-kind.”
Source: Deadline
