Ke Huy Quan to Star in Action Movie "Fairytale in New York"

Ke Huy Quan, who made a Hollywood comeback with Oscar-winning work "Everything Everywhere All at Once", is continuing his action hero streak.

The actor has closed a deal to star in the action thriller movie "Fairytale in New York".

Jalmari Helander, the filmmaker behind the pulpy Nazi-crushing flick Sisu, directs the movie from a script by Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani.

"Fairytale in New York" is set on Christmas Eve in New York City and centers on an unassuming cab driver, (played by Quan), who takes one last ride before going to celebrate the holiday with his estranged son. After a run-in with a gang of criminals, he embarks on a relentless pursuit to retrieve his kid’s priceless Christmas gift.

Beau Flynn, whose credits include the action spectacles "Red Notice", "Jungle Cruise" and "Black Adam", will produce the pic via his FlynnPictureCo. banner.

Lionsgate is launching international sales for Fairytale at AFM.

Scott Sheldon of FlynnPictureCo. will executive produce. Shelby Thomas will oversee for FlynnPictureCo. James Myers is overseeing the project for Lionsgate. Dan Freedman negotiated the deals for the studio.

Quan starred in 1980s classics "The Goonies" and "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom", and later took a 19-year acting hiatus. In that period, he took on various gigs, including that of stunt choreographer, working on 2000’s X-Men, among other films.

He made comeback to acting with Netflix’s "Finding ‘Ohana" and "Everything Everywhere All at Once", winning a best supporting Oscar for the surprise box office and awards hit. The latter movie opened up numerous doors for Quan who will now be making his leading man and action hero debut with Universal Pictures and 87North’s "Love Hurts", which will open February 7, 2025. 

He will also appear in the Russo brothers’ feature "The Electric State" for Netflix, which debuts in March.

Post "Everything Everywhere All at Once", the actor had roles in the second season of Marvel’s "Loki", which earned him a Critics’ Choice Award nomination, as well as Disney+’s "American Born Chinese".