Tom Hardy, the Hollywood actor, will feature in and produce Gareth Evans‘ Netflix original crime-thriller film Havoc, the streaming giant announced on February 19.
Tom Hardy + Gareth Evans, coming to Netflix 💥
Evans will produce and direct films for Netflix for the next several years. First up? HAVOC, starring Tom Hardy (who will also produce) as a detective rescuing a politician's son while unraveling a web of corruption in his city. pic.twitter.com/vSQWMBQYIe
— NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) February 19, 2021
The Dunkirk actor will be producing it along with Evans for One More One Productions, Ed Talfan for Severn Screen, Aram Tertzakian for XYZ Films.
Havoc will be about a drug deal gone wrong, and how a bruised detective must fight his way through a criminal underworld to rescue a politician’s estranged son, while unraveling a deep web of corruption and conspiracy that ensnares his entire city, as per Netflix’s synopsis.
Evans has signed an exclusive deal with Netflix to produce and direct films for the studio for the next several years. Havoc will be the first feature under the new creative partnership.
Evans is a multi-award winning Welsh film director, screenwriter, editor, and action choreographer. He is best known for his Indonesian action-crime films Merantau, The Raid and The Raid 2, which brought the Indonesian martial art of Pencak Silat into world cinema. He has previously collaborated with Netflix, XYZ and Severn Screen on the 2018 horror/thriller Apostle starring Dan Stevens, Michael Sheen and Kristine Froseth after returning from Indonesia. He and long-time collaborator Matt Flannery have since co-created the TV series “Gangs of London” for Sky Atlantic and AMC on which Ed Talfan served as Producer for the critically acclaimed Fifth Episode.
Havoc continues Netflix and XYZ’s relationship, which also includes previous features iBoy, ARQ, Bushwick, I Don’t Feel At Home in this World Anymore, Mercy, and The Night Comes For Us.
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