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Aussie actress Samara Weaving will star opposite ”The Walking Dead”’s Steven Yeun in indie action thriller ”Mayhem”. Joe Lynch, director of the Salma Hayek actioner ‘Everly”, will direct the project, which is being produced by Circle of Confusion, the chaps behind ”The Walking Dead” (likely explains how Yeun got the male lead here).
The Matias Caruso penned film tells of “a virus capable of making people act out their wildest impulses that infects a corporate law office on the very day attorney Derek Saunders (Yeun) is framed by a co-worker and wrongfully fired. Trapped in the quarantined building, our hero is forced to fight tooth and nail for not only his job, but also his life”, says THR, who have the scoop.
Says director Lynch, “It’s not every day you get to throw action, sci-fi, horror, drama and even satire in the genre blender and hit puree, but Matias’ script, combined with a gung-ho cast and crew — especially Steven and Samara — will make for a deliciously dangerous and exciting cinematic smoothie … with a hell of a kick.”
“Mayhem” is due to begin principal photography later this month on location in Belgrade, Serbia.
