Temuera Morrison, best known for playing Boba Fett in the Star Wars franchise, and Spider-Man actor Jacob Batalon have joined Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa in The Wrecking Crew, an action comedy from Amazon MGM Studios.
Frankie Adams, Miyavi and Stephen Root are also joining the crew roster, which additionally includes Claes Bang.
Blue Beetle filmmaker Ángel Manuel Soto is directing the feature, which heads into production in October in New Zealand.
Crew has a script by Jonathan Tropper and follows two half-brothers — one a loose cannon cop (Momoa) and the other a disciplined Navy SEAL (Bautista). After 20-odd years of bad blood, they must work together to unravel the conspiracy behind their father’s murder in Hawaii.
Morrison will play the governor of Hawaii, while Batalon is a street-savvy, foul-mouthed private investigator who knew the brothers’ father.
Producing are 6th & Idaho’s Lynn Harris and Matt Reeves as well as Bautista, Momoa and Jeffrey Fierson.
Morrison played numerous clones in various Star Wars movies and headlined the Book of Boba Fett series at Disney+. He worked with Momoa on the two Aquaman movies. He is repped by Third Hill Entertainment and New Zealand’s Robert Bruce Agency.
Batalon played Peter Parker’s pal Ned Leeds opposite Tom Holland in the Marvel Studios Spider-Man movies, and also appeared in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. He was one of the stars of surprise moneymaker Tarot, the horror flick from Screen Gems, and played the title role and executive produced the series Reginald the Vampire for Syfy and Hulu. He is repped by IAG and Brecheen Feldman.
Adams will be next seen playing Sina, the strong-willed mother of Moana in Disney’s live-action adaptation of Moana. Recent credits include The Expanse and Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins. She is repped by Johnson and Laird, Brave Artists Management and attorney Jeff Hynick.
Miyavi is a singer-songwriter behind 13 studio albums. He made his film debut in the Oscar-nominated Unbroken, directed by Angelina Jolie, and earned credits on Legendary’s Kong: Skull Island, Netflix’s animated series Arcane, revenge movie Kate and Disney’s Maleficent 2. He is repped by CAA, Debut Management and LaPolt Law.
Root’s credits range from cult classic Office Space to 1990s sitcom Newsradio to modern comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Fargo, Barry and 13 seasons of voicework on King of the Hill. He is repped by Gersh and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
Stephen Root, Miyavi
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