Swedish actress Rebecca Ferguson is set to star alongside US actor Chris Pratt "Mercy", the sci-fi thriller for Amazon MGM Studios.
"Wanted" director Timur Bekmambetov will helm the pic from a script by Marco van Belle.
Pratt stars as a detective in the thriller set in the near future when capital crime is on the rise and he finds himself accused of a violent crime and having to prove his innocence.
"Oppenheime" producer Charles Roven brought the project to Amazon MGM Studios and will produce Mercy with Robert Amidon at Atlas Entertainment, Bekmambetov and his BEL banner and Majd Nassif.
A spring start of production is scheduled, with Amazon MGM Studios looking to a worldwide theatrical release.
After e-commerce giant Amazon acquired MGM Studios for $8.45 billion, the Amazon MGM Studios banner launched a major push into theatrical movies as MGM — home of big screen franchises like the James Bond series — remind in the movie making business.
Besides "Dune: Part 2", Ferguson also has among her credits BBC’s "The White Queen", and movies like "The Greatest Showman" and the Mission: Impossible franchise and the movie adaptation of "The Girl on the Train", where she appeared opposite Emily Blunt.
Pratt is best known for starring as Peter Quill/Star-Lord in the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise. His other film credits include "Wanted", "Moneyball"," Zero Dark Thirty", "The Lego Movie", and "The Super Mario Bros. Movie".
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