Secret Invasion star Samuel L. Jackson is in talks to play the President of the United States in the upcoming action thriller The Beast.According to Deadline, the upcoming WME Independent package, which is in pre-production and has an interim agreement from SAG-AFTRA, will also star The Suicide Squad actor Joel Kinnaman as Secret Service agent Taft. The film’s title refers to a presidential limousine that has been nicknamed “The Beast” by the Secret Service due to its armor plating, bullet- and bomb-proofing, and being stocked with grenades and shotguns. The Meg and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts second unit director James Madigan will helm The Beast from a screenplay by Umair Aleem.The logline for The Beast reads as follows: “When a militia of unidentified hostiles coordinates a coup against the U.S., the president (Jackson) uncovers the extent of The Beast’s highly classified offensive capabilities. Separated from his wife, the president must learn to control The Beast — and the monster inside himself — in order to save his life, the life of Secret Service agent Taft (Kinnaman) and America.”RELATED: Samuel L. Jackson Says A Time to Kill Editing Cost Him an Oscar
Secret Invasion star Samuel L. Jackson is in talks to play the President of the United States in the upcoming action thriller The Beast.
According to Deadline, the upcoming WME Independent package, which is in pre-production and has an interim agreement from SAG-AFTRA, will also star The Suicide Squad actor Joel Kinnaman as Secret Service agent Taft. The film’s title refers to a presidential limousine that has been nicknamed “The Beast” by the Secret Service due to its armor plating, bullet- and bomb-proofing, and being stocked with grenades and shotguns. The Meg and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts second unit director James Madigan will helm The Beast from a screenplay by Umair Aleem.
The logline for The Beast reads as follows: “When a militia of unidentified hostiles coordinates a coup against the U.S., the president (Jackson) uncovers the extent of The Beast’s highly classified offensive capabilities. Separated from his wife, the president must learn to control The Beast — and the monster inside himself — in order to save his life, the life of Secret Service agent Taft (Kinnaman) and America.”
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