Uwe Boll is turning his lens on Europe’s growing migrant crisis in the forthcoming thriller “Run.”
Set to start shooting in April on the Croatian island of Krk, the film follows a boat carrying migrants from various African countries through the Mediterranean sea to Italy. When the boat loses orientation and goes off course, things turn violent as the migrants blame the smugglers.
After finally making it to shore, the desperate passengers try to evade police and a few manage to get away. The film focuses on the individual storylines of the migrants, locals and tourists through the course of the day as they lead to a violent escalation.
Daniel Sauli (“The Deuce,” “House of Cards”), Kristen Renton (“First Shift,” “Sons of Anarchy”), Sammy Sheik (“American Sniper,” “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”) and Mohammed Qissi (“Kickboxer”) star in the pic, which is still casting.
“Run” is written, produced and directed by Boll, who also worked with Renton and Sauli on his most recent film, the New York City crime actioner “First Shift.”
Michael Roesch is executive producing and handling world sales via his Stuttgart-based Kinostar, which will be presenting “Run” at the EFM in Berlin.
Also joining the production are past Boll collaborators Mathias Neumann (“First Shift”) as DP and Boris Velican (“Max Schmeling,” “BloodRayne: The Third Reich”) serving as line producer.
