Sam ClaflinandRupert Friendwill star inThunder Road Pictures World War II action-thrillerPerdition.
Written and directed byHenry Dunham, principal photography is set for the fall.
Mister Smith Entertainmentwill launch international sales atCanneswith CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group co-representing North American rights.
Sam Claflin and Rupert Friend will play an American soldier and Nazi officer respectively in ‘Perdition’Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images; Michael Buckner/WWD via Getty Images
The movie is set in Belgium in late 1944.
Claflin (Peaky Blinders) plays a lone American soldier who survives a POW camp execution.
Friend (Asteroid City) stars as a ruthless Nazi officer who becomes obsessed with hunting him down.
Claflin is exec producing.
He added: His vision forPerditionblew us away.
Its singular, intense, emotional, and visually stunning.
We are so thankful to our friends at Mister Smith for going on this journey with us.
Writer-director Dunhams 2019 debut feature,The Standoff At Sparrow Creek, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.
Shooting on 35mm, it will be a theatrical experience not to be missed.
Claflin is represented by CAA and Independent Talent Group.
Friend is represented by UTA and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
Dunham is represented by UTA and Anonymous Content.
