Rebecca Ferguson to Star With Chris Pratt in Thriller ‘Mercy’

Warm on the heels of the significant opening for “Dune: Part Two,” Rebecca Ferguson is established to star along with Chris Pratt in Amazon MGM Studios’ forthcoming function “Mercy,” which will certainly be launched in movie theaters worldwide, TheWrap has actually discovered.

Timur Bekmambetov (“Wanted”) is routing the sci-fi thriller from a manuscript created by Marco van Belle (“Arthur & Merlin”).

The job came to Amazon MGM Studios from manufacturer Charles Roven (“American Hustle”), that obtained a 2nd Academy Honor election for Finest Photo most just recently on “Oppenheimer.” Roven is creating “Mercy” with Atlas Home Entertainment SVP Robert Amidon and Bekmambetov’s BEL banner and movie manufacturer Majd Nassif.

The thriller is targeting a springtime begin to manufacturing. Establish in the future when resources criminal activity has actually raised, “Mercy” fixate an investigative (Pratt) that is charged of a fierce criminal activity and compelled to verify his virtue.

Ferguson can presently be seen in movie theaters repeating her function as Woman Jessica in Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Two,” which simply landed the largest residential opening of the year thus far. Ferguson’s various other credit scores consist of “The Greatest Showman” and the “Mission Impossible” franchise business– most just recently starring in “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.” She likewise stars and is a manufacturer on Apple television+ collection, “Silo” which is presently shooting its 2nd period.

Ferguson is repped by CAA and Chalcot Square Monitoring.

Due date initially reported the information.