Gerard Butler has just landed his next gig.
The action star has been cast in The Plane.
The action-thriller is based on a book by Charles Cumming called Violence of Action. Cumming is set to pen the script alongside J.P. Davis. The feature will be produced by Di Bonaventura’s Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian, MadRiver’s Marc Butan and Ara Keshishian.
According to Deadline, Butler will star as commercial pilot Ray Torrance, who after a heroic job of successfully landing his storm-damaged aircraft in a war zone, finds himself caught between the agendas of multiple militias who are planning to take the plane and its passengers’ hostage.
Butler’s most recent film was the third installment in the successful Fallen franchise. The latest film, Angel Has Fallen grossed $133m worldwide.
