Both Vince Vaughn and Liam Hemsworth have signed up to star in the feature directorial debut of Clark Duke’s drug drama ‘Arkansas’.
Duke, who also penned the script, is also set to star in the story that follows a pair of low-level drug runners in the Dixie Mafia, portrayed by Hemsworth and Duke, who live by the orders of an Arkansas-based drug kingpin, played by Vaughn, whom they’ve never met. But when a deal goes horribly wrong, deadly consequences ensue.
Patrick Hibler, Jeff Rice, Martin Sprock and Storyboard Media will produce with Media Finance Capital’s David Gilbery and Charles Dorfman (who funded the film) will serve as executive producers alongside Hercules Film Fund, which is providing funding as well.
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Shooting is expected to begin this week.
Hemsworth has previously starred in the last three outings of The Hunger Games and Independence day: Resurgance. He will next be seen in February opposite Rebel Wilson in the romantic comedy Isn’t It Romantic and Malik Bader’s action crime drama Killerman.
Vaughn was last seen in S. Craig Zahler’s brutal Brawl in Cell Block 99, he has since teamed up again with the filmmaker to star in Dragged Across Concrete which had its premiere at the Venice Film Festival. Other upcoming projects include Stephen Merchants Fighting with My Family with Dwayne Johnson and thriller Against All Enemies with Zazie Beatz and Kristen Stewart.
Duke was most recently seen in Showtime’s I’m Dying Up Here and opposite Burt Reynolds in his final film, The Last Movie Star.
