Preview:
- Kiefer Sutherland, Al Pacino and Ever Anderson will star in ‘Father Joe’.
- Barthélémy Grossmann is aboard to direct.
- Luc Besson will produce the action thriller.
As a veteran of the action thriller genre (not to mention other types of movies), Luc Besson is also someone who supports other filmmakers.
Variety reports that he’s producing a new movie called ‘Father Joe,’ which has Al Pacino (‘The Godfather’), Kiefer Sutherland (‘24’) and Ever Anderson (‘Black Widow’) aboard to star.
lZ4pY82cojnrCfjSIxj673But despite his experience behind the camera, Besson is handing over shot-calling duties to Barthélémy Grossmann, who in addition to his own directing work has also served as second-unit director for several Besson movies.
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What’s the story of ‘Father Joe’?
The new movie stars Sutherland (who also joins the project as producer) as the title character, a man of faith who wages a violent war against the city’s criminal underworld.
Pacino plays a powerful mob boss whose empire collides with Father Joe’s crusade. Anderson plays a young woman caught between danger and redemption under Joe’s guidance.
Here’s what Sutherland had to say about joining the movie:
“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.”
Where else can we see Kiefer Sutherland, Al Pacino and Ever Anderson?
Sutherland was most recently seen in movies including ‘The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial’ and ‘Juror #2’. On the small screen, he starred in paranoia-fueled TV series ‘Rabbit Hole.’
Oscar winner Pacino was in the likes of ‘The Ritual’ and is in post-production on Shakespeare adaptation ‘Lear Rex’.
As for Anderson, the young rising star has also appeared in ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ and ‘Resident Evil: The Final Chapter’ (directed by her father, Paul WS Anderson and starring her mother, Milla Jovovich). Coming up, she has a role in mystery TV series ‘The Artist.’
When will ‘Father Joe’ be on screens?
Without a distributor aboard yet, it’s too early to guess when this one might be headed to theaters.
Selected Movies Featuring Kiefer Sutherland:
- ‘Stand By Me’ (1986)
- ‘The Lost Boys’ (1987)
- ‘Young Guns’ (1988)
- ‘Flatliners’ (1990)
- ‘A Few Good Men’ (1992)
- ‘A Time to Kill’ (1996)
- ‘Dark City’ (1998)
- ‘Mirrors’ (2008)
- ‘They Cloned Tyrone’ (2023)
- ‘The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial’ (2023)
- ‘Juror #2’ (2024)