Two superhero movie veterans will team up for the first time in a new action thriller. Deadline reports that Anthony Mackie and Dafne Keen are set to star in “Barracuda,” from “Limitless” director Neil Burger. Steven Bauer and Anthony Del Negro will also star in the upcoming pic, which starts shooting this week in New Mexico. It’s Burger’s first film since last year’s “Inheritance.”
Here’s a synopsis for “Barracuda,” as per Deadline: “When Karl (Mackie), a former smuggler with a haunted past, storms a nightclub in Mexico to rescue Jodie (Keen), a kidnapped teenage girl, he ignites a chain reaction of blood and bullets that burns across 100 miles of deadly roads toward the U.S. border. The breakout turns into a high-speed race when Karl kills the brother of the ruthless club owner and steals his prized 1973 Plymouth Barracuda. Now hunted by relentless criminals, Karl and Jodie tear across the desert with no way to slow down.”
Adam Mason and Simon Boyes pen the script for “Barracuda.” Producers on the picture include Arianne Fraser, Delphine Perrier, and Harry Winterstern via Highland Film Group, Jack Rapke and Aaron Rapke for Image Movers, Kia Jam via K. Jam Media, Todd Lundbohn via 282 Productions, Peter Jáki for Robot Studios, and Joe Di Maio. Executive producers include Robert Zemeckis and Isaac Lilly for Image Movers, Mark Holder and Christine Holder for Wonder Street, Bryan Coyne, Kyle Fox, and Blue Rider Pictures‘ Walter Josten.
“I’ve been looking to make a non-stop action thriller and I’ve finally found it with this great screenplay,” said Burger said in a press statement about “Barracuda.” “This one never lets up. It’s out-of-control, relentless mayhem in a real-time sprint to the border. I’ve also been wanting to work with Anthony Mackie for some time and know we’ll make a great team. As with “Limitless” and “Inheritance,” I’m inventing new visual techniques to make this movie a truly wild ride.”
Mackie also has “Avengers: Doomsday” and “Speed-the-plow” on the way, as well as the heist drama “12 12 12” for Apple TV+. As for Keen, the actress already starred in “Whistle” earlier this year, and has “The Marshmallow Experiment” and “Night Comes” coming up.
Expect “Barracuda” to hit theaters or streaming sometime in 2027. And if the film and its trailer don’t utilize Heart‘s song of the same name in some capacity, it’ll be a travesty.
