Viola Davis’s upcoming function “G20” is about to premiere on Prime Video this spring, Selection can verify.
Directed by Patricia Riggen, the motion thriller stars the Academy Award winner as U.S. President Danielle Sutton, who turns into the goal of an assault on the annual G20 world leaders summit.
“After evading seize by the attackers, Sutton should outsmart the enemy to guard her household, defend her nation and safeguard world leaders,” reads the logline.
The movie will bow on Prime Video throughout 240 territories globally on April 10.
Becoming a member of Davis on display are Anthony Anderson as Derek Sutton, Marsai Martin as Serena Sutton, Ramón Rodríguez as Agent Manny Ruiz, Douglas Hodge as Oliver Everett, Elizabeth Marvel as Joanna Price, Sabrina Impacciatore as Elena Romano, Christopher Farrar as Demetrius Sutton and Antony Starr as Rutledge.
“G20” was penned by Caitlin Parrish and Erica Weiss and Logan Miller and Noah Miller, with story by the Millers. Andrew Lazar, Davis and Julius Tennon produce.
The movie is an Amazon MGM Studios and MRC co-production with Mad Probability Productions and JuVee Productions additionally producing.
“That is Viola Davis as you’ve by no means seen her — heroically kicking tons of ass in a world thrill experience,” Riggen stated in an announcement. “With ‘G20,’ I needed to make the type of basic, edge-of-your-seat motion movie that I’ve all the time been such a fan of, however one that attracts on the excessive stakes of our fashionable and technologically superior world we reside in. I hope to present audiences an expertise that may captivate them from begin to end.”
Davis — one of many handful of individuals in historical past to have earned EGOT standing (profitable an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and Tony award) — spoke concerning the position of Sutton on the Crimson Sea Movie Competition in Saudi Arabia, the place she was honored final month.
“It was the kind of factor you’d think about as a child, simply taking part in essentially the most heroic character you may probably play, and also you create Danielle Sutton, who was a battle hero after which received the election on a liberal ticket,” Davis stated. “I believe it simply so occurs that it mirrored loads of what was occurring in American politics on the time, however actually it’s simply meant to be a enjoyable film.”