Owen Wilson & Alan Ritchson To Star in Action Drama Runner
Owen Wilson and Alan Ritchson are set to star in the upcoming action drama Runner, according to a recent report from Deadline.
The upcoming film will be directed by Scott Waugh (Need for Speed, Expendables 4), and will be written by Tommy White and Miles Hubley.
According to the film’s brief logline, the movie will revolve around Hank Malone (played by 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,” according to the film’s logline.
Wilson will play the role of Ben, the medical courier that Ritchson must transport and protect throughout the movie. Filming on the production is set to begin in Australia next month, and director Waugh said in a statement that he’s excited to get to work on what he says is a “page-turner” of a script.
“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,” Waugh said.
For Ritchson, the film is his next after he wrapped production on Netflix’s War Machine, and he’s currently filming The Man with the Bag, an Adam Shankman film where he’ll star alongside legendary actor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Wilson’s last role was in 2023’s Haunted Mansion remake, and he’ll next star in the upcoming sports comedy TV series Rambler & the Birdie Machine.
(Source: Deadline)
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