Lena Headey, Yara Shahidi, Isabela Merced, Lana Condor, Millicent Simmonds & Iris Apatow Set For Buzzy Action Pic ‘Ballerina Overdrive’ From David Leitch & Kelly McCormick’s 87North: EFM Hot Package
08.02.2023 - 21:03
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EXCLUSIVE: Lena Headey (Game Of Thrones), Yara Shahidi (Grown-ish), Isabela Merced (Father Of The Bride), Lana Condor (Moonshot), Millicent Simmonds (A Quiet Place) and Iris Apatow (The Bubble) are set to lead buzzy action-thriller Ballerina Overdrive, which will be produced by Deadpool, Bullet Train, John Wick and Fast And The Furious director David Leitch.
The Witcher: Blood Origin director Vicky Jewson will direct the feature about a troupe of ballerinas who find themselves fighting for survival as they attempt to escape from a remote inn after their bus breaks down on the way to a dance competition. Filming is set to commence in Serbia, Q2, 2023.
The fun project is being launched ahead of the EFM by Vincent Maraval and Kim Fox’s The Veterans for international and CAA Media Finance for domestic. It’s set to be one of the market’s hottest packages.
Based on a script by Kate Freund (Afterlife), 87North’s Kelly McCormick, David Leitch and Annie Marter will produce. Stunt designers Heidi Moneymaker and Renae Moneymaker— whose credits include Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Project Artemis—are attached to create the film’s dance-based action choreography. Jenny Jue (Okja) cast the film.
87North is the production and action design company founded by director/producer David Leitch and producer Kelly McCormick whose character driven action tent poles — including Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, Nobody, Bullet Train, Violent Night and John Wick—have earned more than $2.5BN at the box office.
Under its first look deal with Universal Pictures, 87North is currently in production on The Fall Guy with Leitch directing and McCormick and Leitch producing. Set for a 2024 theatrical release, the