Argentinian actor and martial artist Juan Manuel Olmedo is poised to team up with filmmaker Art Camacho for upcoming action drama, The Immigrant. Argentinian-born Esteban Carbajal is penning the script for this particular venture which has been brewing since around 2013.
The Immigrant tells of a kind-hearted transplant from a foreign country arriving to New York City in search of a better life. Things take a downturn when he’s conned out of his money and robbed of his belongings, leaving him with only a few bucks in his pocket. After a bit of wandering, he stumbles upon an MMA club where he soon discovers a money-making opportunity as a gifted fighter.
Carbajal has been a resident in North America since 1982. He met Olmedo through his casting agency in Mendoza, and it was through Olmedo that he eventually met Camacho.
Olmedo has journeyed quite a bit in the last six years while progressing at his own pace since. A sequel to his 2013 Argentinian action thriller, Justicia Propia, never came to pass, although he’s done a few shortfilms since then and even mingled with Michel Qissi, the Belgian-Morrocan actor best known for his iconic, punishing portrayal of Muay Thai killer, Tong Po, in the 1989 Jean-Claude Van Damme action classic, Kickboxer, and its Sasha Mitchell-led sequel.
Olmedo recently shot scenes for director Rene Perez’s Cabal, a feature action horror sequel currently in-production from Perez’s The Darkest Machines banner following last year’s The Dragon Unleashed.
Camacho has more than thirty years under his belt coming from a background in stunts, acting, martial arts and directing. He co-directed historic Russian sports drama, Wild League with Andrey Bogatyrev for ModernAge Productions, and completed stunt/fight coordinating for Ken Barbet’s Randy Couture-led Antidote, R. Ellis Frazier’s Paul Sidhu/Gary Daniels thriller, Repeater, and Isaac Florentine’s new Scott Adkins/Mario Van Peebles actioner, Seized.