Dave Bautista is slated to star in a movie that will see him reunite with his Bushwick directors, Cary Murnion and Jonathan Milott.
Deadline reported today that the former WWE star will star in the dystopian thriller, “Dreadnought.” It was written by Joseph Greenberg.
The screenplay follows “Max (Bautista), whose world was devastated when an alien species crash-landed on Earth, unleashing a deadly plague that claimed his wife and much of humanity. In the fragile society that remains, humans have learned to coexist with their extraterrestrial invaders. But for Max, survival isn’t enough. His older daughter, Greta, is dying from the disease. As her body weakens, an alien Sentinel lurks outside their home, drawing nearer and nearer as Greta takes her final breaths. This silent, unyielding predator is on a mission to collect her body to fulfill an unstoppable metamorphosis ritual. The government sanctions it. Society accepts it. But Max refuses to have anything else taken from him.”
The producers include Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee of Thunder Road (John Wick franchise), Jason Ross Jallet, Andrew Bronfman, and Jonathan Bronfman of Beyond The Frame (Bride Hard), Bautista and Ashley Daniels of Dogbone Entertainment (Trap House), with executive producer Noah Segal of Elevation Pictures (Infinity Pool).
In 2014, his career took a major leap forward when he was cast as Drax the Destroyer in Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy.” Bautista reprised his role as Drax in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” and “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.” He later starred in “Dune, “Army of the Dead,” “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, and other films.
