US EditionAnthony Mackie and Dafne Keen to Lead Barracuda Cast
The action-thriller follows a former smuggler and a kidnapped teen on a 100-mile run to the U.S. border.
- Anthony Mackie and Dafne Keen began filming the action-thriller Barracuda this week in Las Cruces, New Mexico, with production support from 828 Productions providing studio facilities and infrastructure.
- Karl, a former smuggler played by Mackie, rescues a kidnapped teenager named Jodie, portrayed by Keen, in Mexico, igniting a high-speed chase across 100 miles in a stolen 1973 Plymouth Barracuda.
- Writers Adam Mason and Simon Boyes penned the screenplay, while director Burger, known for Limitless, said he is 'inventing new visual techniques' to capture the 'out-of-control, relentless mayhem' of the sprint.
- Highland Film Group COO Delphine Perrier called Mackie an 'ideal actor' for the role, blending cunning and vulnerability, while supporting cast includes Steven Bauer and Anthony Del Negro with Image Movers producing.
- Balancing his franchise commitments, Mackie continues his Marvel Cinematic Universe role as Captain America and recently teased that the upcoming blockbuster Avengers: Doomsday will give fans 'that old Marvel feeling' later this year.
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