Liam Hemsworth to star in thriller ‘Killerman’
Liam Hemsworth moved from TV soaps to glossy feature films in 2009. Image: AFP/Alberto Pizzoli
Australian actor Liam Hemsworth will be cast in the next feature film from Malik Bader, playing a money launderer with memory loss.
Co-starring in “The Hunger Games”, “The Expendables 2”, “The Dressmaker” and “Independence Day: Resurgence”, Liam Hemsworth will now lead “Killerman” for Malik Bader of “Street Thief”.
Produced by John and Michael Schwarz of “Hunter’s Prayer” and “Deadline Gallipoli” both of which featured another Australian, Sam Worthington, as well as Myles Nestel (“Machete”, “Stuck in Love”), “Killerman” is being introduced to potential distributors at the Cannes Film Festival, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Malik Bader’s reputation rose with 2006 mockumentary film “Street Thief” in which he played a professional burglar whose techniques were based on real-life robbery tactics, and 2015 crime thriller “Cash Only” which won an award from the Fantasia Film Festival.
Filming on “Killerman” is scheduled to begin in August 2017. JB
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