If you’ve never heard of Oak Street Films or Zero Gravity, it’s okay — they haven’t been around Hollywood for all that long. To continue their collaboration, Variety reports that the production companies are joining forces for the indie drama The Outsider, which will star Craig Fairbrass and be directed by Brian A. Miller.
The latter got his directing start back in 2010 with the crime picture Caught in the Crossfire, which stars Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, and then collaborated with Fairbrass on his sophomore effort, House of the Rising Run. When it comes to The Outsider we can expect a story that follows “a British military contractor who is told his daughter has died” — but, “[w]hen he discovers the body is not hers, he begins an investigation.”
Fairbrass, who currently has six films either in production or post-production, will play the Liam Neeson-esque father figure, I have my doubts that he’ll be able to pull off the ass whooping with the same grace, however. The thespian got into things back in the ’80s, with bit parts in various TV shows; from what I’ve learned about the British actor in the last few minutes, he’s acted in almost every genre, with projects like the horror movie Deranged, the 2010 action film Freight and the sci-fi adventure Far Cry all bearing his name. Now he’s leading a film on his own, so here’s hoping he can pull it off with zest.
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