Actors
Laurence
Fishburne
and
Nick
Jonas
will
headline
the
upcoming
action
thriller
The
Blacksmith
from
AGC
Studios.
Pierre
Morel,
the
director
of
Liam
Neeson's
2008
blockbuster
Taken,
will
helm
the
project
from
a
screenplay
by
Ben
Ripley
of
Source
Code
fame,
reported
Variety.
The
project
is
based
on
critically-acclaimed
2011
graphic
novel
from
Kickstart
Comics
by
Malik
Evans
and
Richard
Sparkman.
Jonas
will
portray
Wes
Loomis,
a
'Blacksmith'
who
is
the
intelligence
community's
go-to
weapons
expert.
"When
his
clandestine
lab
is
destroyed
and
his
colleagues
murdered,
Wes
must
go
on
the
run
with
only
his
unique
set
of
technological
skills
and
the
help
of
a
brilliant,
young
CIA
analyst
Noelle
Hazlitt
to
keep
him
alive.
"They
seek
out
Mather
(Fishburne)
a
retired
blacksmith
and
Wes'
mentor,
to
guide
them
on
a
journey
that
keeps
this
improbable
pair
one
step
ahead
of
their
pursuers," the
official
logline
read.
The
project
will
be
produced
by
Jon
Shestack
in
collaboration
with
Kickstart
Productions'
Jason
Netter
and
Jeremy
Stein.
Stuart
Ford,
AGC
Studios
chairman
and
CEO,
will
serve
as
executive
producer
alongside
Linda
McDonough,
Samantha
Shear
and
Bob
Sobhani.