Yahoo Lifestyle Liam Neeson Chase Pic ‘The Mongoose’ Underway In Australia With Marisa Tomei, Ving Rhames & Michael Chiklis Joining Cast
EXCLUSIVE: Liam Neeson action chase film The Mongoose is underway in Australia with Oscar winner Marisa Tomei, Mission Impossible star Ving Rhames, and Emmy winner Michael Chiklis (The Shield) joining the cast.
Oscar nominee Neeson (Schindler’s List) will star as Ryan “Fang” Flanagan, a war hero who, accused of a crime he didn’t commit and with nothing to lose, leads police on an epic televised cross-country car chase.
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Tomei will play Tara, Fang’s ex-wife, who asks Fang for help when she finds herself in trouble. Rhames will play Tanker, Fang’s loyal right hand who was the second-in-command of Fang’s Special Forces squad when they were captured in Afghanistan. Chiklis will play Pope, the violent and reckless head of the Texas Highway Patrol who is convinced of Fang’s guilt.
Pic will be directed by Mark Vanselow, whose career as an action sequence director, action designer, stunt coordinator and stuntman includes two SAG award nominations for best stunt ensemble (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull). He has been Neeson’s stunt double for more than 20 films, including all the Taken movies, and both Ice Road movies, the second of which is currently in post-production.
The Mongoose was written by Thompson Evans (Reckoning). Code Entertainment will finance along with Jupiter Peak Productions, which has joined the project as producing partner. Code’s Al Corley, Bart Rosenblatt, and Eugene Musso will produce. Jonathan Dana will executive-produce with Code’s Rich Freeman, along with Steven Shapiro and Liz and Ken Whitney of Jupiter Peak. Lisa Wilson and Craig Chapman of The Solution Entertainment Group also executive-produce.
The movie is shooting in Victoria, Australia, and will be based in Melbourne. It is tapping into VicScreen’s Victorian Screen Rebate and received support from the Federal Government’s Location Offset.
The Solution Entertainment handles international sales, and as we previously revealed, sold most of international to Prime Video. CAA Media Finance represents U.S. rights.
“Code Entertainment proudly welcomes these outstanding actors to Mongoose. Their enormous talents, alongside Liam Neeson’s, promise to enrich our film with fresh excitement. We are thrilled to embark on this journey together, confident in the unique inspiration each will contribute,” said Code’s Al Corley and Bart Rosenblatt.
The film is Code’s third collaboration with Neeson following the two Ice Road films. Code’s other movies include Kill the Irishman, The Forger, You Kill Me, and Drowning Mona.
Neeson is represented by CAA and attorney Mark Stankevich. Thompson Evans is represented by Rich Freeman at Code Management and the Gersh Agency. Mark Vanselow is represented by Mark Stankevich. Tomei is represented by Gersh and Untitled Entertainment, and law firm Johnson Shapiro. Ving Rhames is represented by Kramer Management. Chiklis is represented by Entertainment 360 and Gersh.
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