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LONG GONE HEROES Trailer: Frank Grillo And Josh Hutcherson Star In The New Action Thriller From Jon Swab

Actor Frank Grillo and director Jon Swab (Body Brokers, Ida Red) make a pretty damn good pair for the work they’ve done in the last few years. Their record continues of late with Long Gone Heroes which also has Eden Brolin, Josh Hutcherson, Melissa Leo, and Andy Garcia, and also reunites Grillo with his Lights Out co-star Mekhi Phifer. Gunner, a special forces soldier who has witnessed the darkest side of country and combat, is forced back into the field of battle to save his niece, who is being held in South America. As the fight intensifies, Gunner and his team discover that her disappearance is part of a corrupt private operation that hits way too close to home. Acclaimed actors Andy Garcia, Melissa Leo, Josh Hutcherson and Frank Grillo star in a non-stop action thriller that will leave you breathless. Swab and co-writer Santiago Manes Moreno penned the script. Lionsgate opens […]

LONG GONE HEROES: Maggie Q Joins Guy Pearce And Ben Kingsley

Lee B. Golden III

Santiago Manes Moreno’s forthcoming action thriller, Long Gone Heroes, is adding actress Maggie Q (Nikita, Divergent franchise) to the cast. Production kicks off next month in Puerto Rico with actors Guy Pearce and Ben Kingsley headling the new film as of May. Pearce will play an ex-special forces operative-turned-mercenary haunted by the murder of two civilians in Burma. His life away from the battlefield is soon upended when he’s hired to return to the war-ravaged country to track down the daughter of a crooked politician, as well as face an old nemesis. Arclight Films is in Toronto selling globally. Moreno is producing with Erik Bernard, and with Ines Mongil-Echandi and Noli Mollakuqe.Jay Fragus and Courtney LeMarco are exec producing as will Mike Donovan and Ryan Charles Griffin. (THR)

LONG GONE HEROES: Guy Pearce And Ben Kingsley Headline Santiago Manes Moreno’s Directing Debut

Lee B. Golden III

Santiago Manes Moreno has reportedly set a feature directing debut with DDI repping international sales this month at Cannes. Long Gone Heroes in the name and has Guy Pearce and Ben Kingsley set to star about a discouraged ex-military operative hunted by former comrades while on a mission to track down a reporter in a combat zone who’s found herself embroiled in a political conspiracy. Moreno penned the project and will produce through 7One7 Films with Ines Mongil-Echandi and Noli Mollakuqe. Also producing are Jason Moring, Stanley Preschutti and Mark Padilla of Double Dutch International (DDI) with Jay Fragus serving as exec producer. (THR)