EXCLUSIVE: Rising Australian star Sam Corlett, of Netflix’s Territory and Vikings: Valhalla, is the latest addition to the forged of Headhunters, the surf thriller co-written by and starring Kevin Costner, which additionally has actors Evan Mock, Chloe East and Daniel Zovatto within the combine.
Marking the function directorial debut of veteran cinematographer Steven Holleran, Headhunters follows Lazer (Costner), a washed-up American ex-pat, convicted for smuggling historical relics, who’s serving time in Bali’s notorious Kerobokan jail. After a daring escape, he recruits a bunch of thrill-seeking surfers led by Bima (Zovatto), a neighborhood photographer, and embarks on a journey to an uncharted island, believed to host the right wave. What they don’t know is that the island is residence to an historical tribe of headhunters who will guard their island and its treasure in any respect prices. What ensues is an journey turned survival story of epic and bloody proportions on a tropical island which as soon as gave the impression to be paradise…however is definitely nearer to hell. In spite of everything, some paradises ought to be left untouched.
Corlett performs Mick, a hard-charging Australian surfer with a pleasant, approachable nature, who has a fearless edge, particularly in relation to tackling heavy waves. Whereas he could seem tough across the edges, he’s grounded, fast to crack a joke, and easygoing — a pal anybody would need at their facet.
Costner and Holleran wrote the script. Costner and Howard Kaplan are producing for Territory Footage, together with Stone Village Movies’ Scott Steindorff, Dylan Russell, Lindsay Davis, and Stacey Woods.
Greatest recognized for his lead function in Netflix’s acclaimed historic drama Vikings: Valhalla, which unveiled its third and closing season in July, hitting the Prime 10 in over 80 nations, Corlett has just lately gotten again into enterprise with the streamer as one of many stars of Territory, a neo-Western drama mentioned as Australia’s reply to Yellowstone, which shortly rose to the highest of Netflix’s international charts upon its October debut.
Additionally just lately incomes rave evaluations for his flip as a struggling addict within the Australian indie He Ain’t Heavy, Corlett beforehand starred alongside Kiernan Shipka and Ross Lynch in Netflix’s Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina, previous to that making his function movie debut reverse Eric Bana within the AACTA Award-wining Australian indie The Dry. He’s represented by Gersh, United Administration, and Leisure 360.
