‘Deadpool,’ ‘Homeland’s’ Morena Baccarin to Star in Espen Sandberg’s Survival Thriller ‘Beast’

Deadpool” and “Homeland” actress Morena Baccarin will star in the survival thriller “Beast,” to be directed by Espen Sandberg, who co-helmed Oscar-nominated “Kon-Tiki” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.”Based on Aaron W.

Sala’s Blacklist script, “Beast” is about a woman who survives a plane crash and is stranded on a seemingly deserted island in the South Pacific.

“She must fight to get back to her children, face her inner demons and a real threat of unimaginable proportions,” according to a statement from the producers.Sherryl Clark and Kenneth Huang are producing for The H Collective alongside Rakuten’s Mickey Mikitani.

Shooting will begin in late March in New Zealand.

“Beast” is the first film under the joint venture between Rakuten and The H Collective, who first partnered in August.Sandberg said: “For me ‘The Beast’ is a story about a woman who is forced

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