Hollywood veteran Denzel Washington will star in an untitled crime thriller from filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie, known for directing multiple "Mission: Impossible" films.
\n\nThe film, which has been set for a theatrical release on October 1, 2027, is backed by Amazon MGM Studios and Scott Stuber’s United Artists. It will begin filming in New Jersey in November, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
\n\nThe new thriller brings Washington and McQuarrie together for the first time, following the filmmaker’s long-running collaboration with Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise on the "Mission: Impossible" franchise.
\n\nWritten by Scott Barkan and Gregg Zehentner, the thriller follows a former police detective serving a life sentence who is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. Granted compassionate release with six months to live, he returns home to reunite with his estranged daughter and meet a grandson he never knew existed.
\n\nAs he attempts to make amends and leave his troubled past behind, he discovers that his past continues to haunt him.
\n\nMcQuarrie will produce the film alongside Heather McQuarrie, Stuber and Nick Nesbitt for United Artists.
\n\nOther producers include Joseph Restaino of Hungry Bull Productions, Reza Moheet and Norman Aladjem of Mainstay Entertainment, Washington’s daughter Katia Washington, and Tommy Harper.
\n\nWashington was…
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