(Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)

Lift: Kevin Hart’s Heist Film Adds Sam Worthington, Jean Reno & More

According to Deadline, Avatar star Sam Worthington, Jean Reno (Léon: The Professional), Burn Gorman (Pacific Rim), and Jacob Batalon (Spider-Man: No Way Home) have been tapped to join Kevin Hart in Netflix’s forthcoming heist thriller film titled Lift.

RELATED: Day Shift Featurette Previews Jamie Foxx’s Action-Packed Vampire Movie

They will be joining previously announced cast members Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Loki), Vincent D’Onofrio (The Eyes of Tammy FayeDaredevil), Billy Magnussen (Game Night), Úrsula Corberó (La Casa de Papel, Snake Eyes), Kim Yoon-ji (The Last Empress), Viveik Kalra (Blinded by the Light), and Paul Anderson (Peaky Blinders).

Lift will be directed by F. Gary Gray (Law Abiding Citizen) from a screenplay written by Daniel Kunka and Jeremy Donner. It is being described as an action movie about an international heist crew recruited to prevent a terrorist attack mid-flight. Hart is set to portray a master thief who gets involved in the heist after being convinced by his ex-girlfriend.

RELATED: Ryan Gosling Meets Chris Evans in The Gray Man Clip

Lift will be executive produced by Gray, Brent O’Connor, and Patricia Braga, with Simon Kinberg and Audrey Chon for Genre Pictures, Matt Reeves and Adam Kassan for 6th & Idaho, and Hart and Brian Smiley for HartBeat Productions serving as producers.

Movie News
Marvel and DC
X