Dave Bautista action pic Trap House has added Jack Champion (Avatar: The Way of Water), Sophia Lillis (It, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves), Kate del Castillo (La Reina del Sur), Tony Dalton (Better Call Saul), Whitney Peak (Gossip Girl) and Bobby Cannavale (The Irishman, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle) to it’s cast.
Principal photography is set to begin on April 1. Michael Dowse (Goon, Stuber) will direct a script written by Fast & Furious creator Gary Scott Thompson and Tom O’Connor (Hitman’s Bodyguard).
The film follows an undercover DEA agent and his partner who embark on a game of cat and mouse with an audacious group of thieves: their own rebellious teenagers, who have begun robbing a dangerous cartel, using their parents’ tactics and top-secret intel to pull off their heists.
Trap House is produced by Marc Goldberg and Sarah Gabriel of Signature Films (The Estate, Marmalade, Riff Raff), Michael Pruss and Rebecca Feuer of Scott Free Productions with Ridley Scott executive producing with Bautista and Jonathan Meisner of Bautista’s Dogbone Entertainment (My Spy, The Killer’s Game) and Todd Lundbohm of 828 Productions (The Fallout, Assassin Club). The feature is financed and executive produced by Christian Mercuri’s Capstone Studios, Signature Entertainment, Richard Kondal’s Creativity Media, and Koala alongside Simon Williams and Joe Simpson of Ashland Hill Finance.
Dogbone and Signature developed Trap House after working together on 2018’s actioner Final Score, which starred Bautista alongside Pierce Brosnan. Also joining the cast are Inde Navarrette (Superman and Lois, 13 Reasons Why), Zaire Adams (Senior Year), and Blu del Barrio (Star Trek: Discovery).
Champion is best known for his performance in Avatar: The Way of Water. Cannavale’s film credits include Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, Old Dads, Blonde, Thunderforce, and Superintelligence. Lillis had her breakout moment playing Beverly Marsh in 2017’s It, later reprising the role in the film’s sequel It: Chapter 2. Castillo currently stars in Fox’s The Cleaning Lady. Dalton was last seen as the Swordsman on the Marvel and Disney+ series Hawkeye. Peak is best known for her starring role in Max’s reboot of Gossip Girl, playing Zoya Lott.