Apple and Skydance‘s youth empowerment tale "Way of the Warrior Kid", based on the 2017 novel by Jocko Willink, has tapped 14-year-old Belfast breakout Jude Hill for its lead role, also bringing on three-time Emmy nominee Linda Cardellini for a role.
Hill plays Marc, a self-doubting boy who gets bullied and is hard-pressed to complete a single pull-up, with Cardellini as Marc’s mother, Sarah. Chris Pratt also stars in the pic directed by McG.
"Way of the Warrior Kid" follows Marc’s uncle, Jake (Pratt), an elite Navy SEAL, who is injured on a mission and moves in with his sister for rehab. When he discovers his 13-year-old nephew struggles academically, socially, and physically, Jake takes on a new mission: using his SEAL Team training over three months of summer to help the youth find his inner warrior.
The package was first reported out of Cannes, as Pratt and McG came aboard along with a $80M-$85M global deal Skydance locked in with Apple, where the company has a first-look deal.
The film will be produced by Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger, alongside McG and Mary Viola for Wonderland Sound, and Pratt for Indivisible Productions.
Additional producers include Ben Everard for Everard Entertainment, and Willink. Will Staples (Without Remorse) adapted the screenplay.
Other upcoming Apple Original Films produced by Skydance Media include genre-bender "The Gorge" starring Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy; Guy Ritchie’s "Fountain of Youth", starring Natalie Portman and John Krasinksi; and the action-adventure film pic "May Day" with Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh in the lead.
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