Willem Dafoe is set to star alongside Gerard Butler, Billy Bob Thornton and Common in upcoming project titled 'Hunter Killer.'
The Relativity Studios' submarine thriller, which will be helmed by Martin Campbell from a script by Peter Craig, is based on the novel, 'Firing Point,' by George Wallace and Don Keith, Deadline.com reported.
The film centers on a traitor Russian military leader whose actions lead to the brink of war with the U.S., and it is up to an elite U.S. Navy unit to stop him from causing World War III.
Dafoe will play the role of Russian submarine Capt. Andropoyov in the film, which is scheduled to begin filming in New Orleans in July, and is being produced by Original Films' Neil Moritz and Toby Jaffe, in association with Relativity CEO Ryan Kavanaugh.
Executive producers are Tucker Tooley, Arne Schmidt, and Butler.
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