Dave Bautista and Steven Yuen joined the star-studded cast of the alien invasion comedy Alpha Gang, directed by David and Nathan Zellner (Sasquatch Sunset, Damsel)
As explained by Deadline and Variety, Alpha Gang follows a group of alien invaders on a mission to conquer Earth, disguising themselves in human form as a “1950’s leather-clad biker gang,” called the Alpha Gang. Despite their ruthlessness in their mission, they eventually “succumb to the most toxic and contagious human condition of all: emotions.”
Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery) and Yuen (Invincible, Beef) join Alpha Gang alongside Zoë Kravitz (Blink Twice, The Batman), Léa Seydoux (Dune: Part 2, The French Dispatch), Riley Keough (Under the Bridge, The Devil All the Time), Channing Tatum (Deadpool & Wolverine, Hail, Caesar!), and Cate Blanchett (Disclaimer, Tár).
Blanchett is cast as Alpha Gang’s leader, Alpha One, according to IMDb and Deadline, while the rest of the cast are set to play the gang members.
Alpha Gang will be shot by Mike Gioulakis (The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Us), and will be presented by Rabbits Black. The film’s executive producers include Sean Krajewski (Longlegs, Rumours), Ronnie Exley (Goodrich, Weekend in Taipei), and Jeremy Ross (The Cut, Across the River and Into the Trees), Electric Void’s Tyler Peters and Sophie Curtis, Tom Ogden (For the Taking, The Peasants), and Partners in Kind’s Gillian Hormel (Skymed, What She Said) and Shelly Tygielski.
The film will be produced for ZBi, with Blanchett and Coco Francini (The New Boy, Mrs. America) for Dirty Films, Fat City’s Ryan Zacarias (Manodrome, War Pony), Felix Culpa’s Gina Gammell (Christmas at Graceland, War Pony), Aloe Entertainment’s Mary Aloe (Freud’s Last Session, Marlowe), and Sugar Rush Pictures’s Andrea Bucko (Oh Canada, 1-800-Hot-Nite).
MK2 Films will handle the film’s international sales, while CAA Media Finance will handle North American distribution rights.
Alpha Gang is scheduled to begin shooting in Spring 2025.
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