EXCLUSIVE: Former UFC Middleweight champion turned actor Michael Bisping (Crimson Sonja) and George Finn (Time Lapse) have signed on to star in Atlas King, a function from filmmaker Nika Agiashvili (Daughter of the Wolf).
The movie is described as a “gritty thriller” and will likely be on sale on the Cannes market with Storyman Footage.
Agiashvili is producing alongside John Edward Lee and Finn by means of Storyman. Bisping will even produce, with Giga Chikadze affiliate producing. Manufacturing is scheduled to start this summer time in Downtown Los Angeles.
The movie follows a hardened ex-fighter (Bisping within the titular function), who comes again to city after years in exile to bury his finest buddy and settle outdated money owed. Reunited together with his godson (Finn), a street-level enforcer tied to a prison syndicate, the 2 forge an uneasy alliance and plot a high-stakes heist to flee the grip of a ruthless mob boss.
Bisping competed in each the middleweight and light-weight heavyweight divisions of the Final Preventing Championship (UFC). His skilled combating profession spanned from 2004 to 2017. At UFC 78, Bisping made historical past as the primary British fighter to headline a UFC most important occasion. He gained the Middleweight Championship and have become Britain’s first UFC Champion at UFC 199. He was inducted into the UFC Corridor of Fame in 2019.
Bisping’s performing credit embrace XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017), My Identify Is Lenny (2017), Den of Thieves (2018), and Triple Menace (2019). Finn starred in Lionsgate’s LOL, reverse Miley Cyrus and Demi Moore, and Royal Footage’ Time Lapse, reverse Danielle Panabaker and Matt O’Leary. He may be seen most just lately as a visitor star on CBS’s S.W.A.T.
“I’m thrilled to collaborate with Nika and his group,” Bisping stated. “The script grabbed me from the start.”
