Theo Rossi, Michael Rooker, David Costabile & Jackie Earle Haley To Topline Thriller ‘In Fortune’s Shadow’ – First Look

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EXCLUSIVE: Theo Rossi (Emily the Criminal), Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy), David Costabile (Lincoln) and Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen) have wrapped production in Arkansas on In Fortune’s Shadow, a new thriller from writer-director David L. Hunt (Greater) and his 2521 Entertainment.

Others set to star include Alexander Kane (A Day to Die), Leonard Wu (American Born Chinese), Lawrence Kao (Walker: Independence), and Billy Choi (The Affair). Check out a first-look still above.

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The first film in a planned series titled The Underneath, In Fortune’s Shadow is billed as John Woo meets The Matrix or It’s a Wonderful Life with guns. The film centers on a legendary Keyser Soze-type figure known as The Man with the Answers, an ex-Knight of the Round Table now wandering in today’s underworld. The legend says that if you can find The Man and eat with him in a Chinese restaurant, the fortune cookie that comes at the end of the meal contains the literal meaning of your life. Nate, a fellow knight bound by a stringent code of honor, is given just three days to find the Man and get the meaning or face the ultimate consequence. Along the way, he finds that both The Man and the Meaning he is looking for are much more than they initially seem.

Christopher Hammond, Mike Donovan, and Alexander Kane produced, with 2521 Entertainment to handle sales for all territories.

Best known for roles in projects like Emily the Criminal and Sons of Anarchy, Rossi will next be seen in Max’s The Penguin, Netflix’s actioner Carry On from Jaume Collet-Serra, and more.

Perhaps best known for starring as Yondu in the Guardians of the Galaxy films, Rooker’s upcoming slate includes Kevin Costner’s Horizon: An American Saga.

Previously starring in Lincoln, as well as series like Billions and Breaking Bad, Costabile most recently appeared in Republic Pictures’ coming-of-age comedy Snack Shack.

Seen in films ranging from A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) to Watchmen, Little Children and Shutter Island, Haley most recently played J. Edgar Hoover in Nat Geo’s Genius: MLK/X.

Rossi is repped by Paradigm, Entertainment 360, and Schreck Rose Dapello; Rooker by Gersh and Link Entertainment; Costabile by Verve and Gartner Group Entertainment; and Haley by Gersh, Leslie Allan-Rice Management, and Yorn, Levine, Barnes.

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