Bridgerton’s Regé-Jean Page has become the latest star to join Netflix action movie The Gray Man.
According to Deadline, the actor, 31, will star alongside Billy Bob Thornton and Alfre Woodard in the movie, which is set to be the ‘biggest-budget film’ in the streaming giant’s history.
Regé-Jean, 31, Billy, 65, and Alfre, 68, join a star-studded cast, which includes Chris Evans, Ryan Gosling and Ana De Armas.
Exciting: Bridgerton’s Regé-Jean Page has become the latest star to join Netflix action movie The Gray Man (pictured on The Graham Norton Show in February)
Taking to Instagram to confirm the news, the Bridgerton star shared a screenshot of the announcement as he added three explanation marks.
Production for the star-studded Netflix action movie is reportedly set to start in Los Angeles in two weeks time.
MailOnline has contacted Netflix, Billy Bob Thornton and Alfre Woodard’s representatives for further comment.
Deadline reports that the action thriller will centre around ‘a freelance assassin and former CIA operative Court Gentry (Gosling) as he’s hunted across the globe by Lloyd Hansen (Evans) a former cohort of Gentry’s at the CIA’.
Star-studded! The actor, 31, joins a star-studded cast with Ana De Armas, left, and Ryan Gosling, right, also involved with the project
Fame: Regé-Jean recently won the hearts of viewers with his performance as Simon Bassett, the Duke Of Hastings in the raunchy Netflix period drama, Bridgerton (pictured in show still)
Joe and Anthony Russo are directing after developing the project for some time with Sony. The film is said to have gone back on the market over the summer and was picked up by Netflix.
The Russos also wrote the script with updates from Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely.
The Gray Man is based on the first instalment in the best-selling book series of the same name. The first book was author Mark Greaney’s debut novel in 2009.
Regé-Jean recently won the hearts of viewers with his performance as Simon Bassett, the Duke Of Hastings in the raunchy Netflix period drama, Bridgerton.
Amazing! According to Deadline , the actor, 31, will star alongside Billy Bob Thornton and Alfre Woodard (L-R) in the movie, which is set to be the ‘biggest-budget film’ in the streaming giant’s history
Premise: Deadline reports that the action thriller will centre around ‘a freelance assassin and former CIA operative Court Gentry (Gosling) as he’s hunted across the globe by Lloyd Hansen (Chris Evans – pictured in 2019) a former cohort of Gentry’s at the CIA’
The news comes amid claims the actor has secured a lead role in the upcoming adventure film, Dungeon & Dragons.
The actor is reportedly set to star in the Paramount feature film alongside a host of famous faces including Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez and Justice Smith, The Hollywood Reporter revealed.
Details surrounding his role are yet to be disclosed, but the current release date for the movie is set for 27 May 2022 in the United States.
MailOnline contacted Regé-Jean’s representatives and Paramount for comment at the time.
Not long! Production for the star-studded Netflix action movie is reportedly set to start in Los Angeles in two weeks time (Ryan Gosling pictured in 2018)
The film will be directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, and produced and financed by Hasbro/eOne and Paramount.
Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.
It was first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. and has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997.
This version of Dungeons & Dragons has been in the works for many years with Ansel Elgort once attached and Rob Letterman set to direct.
After a legal battle between Sweetpea Entertainment and Hasbro about ownership rights, the film was moved to Paramount, according to Variety.
Chris McKay was brought in as a director before he left the project. In 2019, Jonathan and John Francis came in.
Dungeons & Dragons was first adapted for the big screen in 2000. That version starred Thora Birch, Kristen Wilson, Justin Whalin, Marlon Wayans and Jeremy Irons.
The project, which was made by New Line, did not do well at the box office.
The synopsis read: ‘In the Kingdom of Izmer, wizards use their magic to rule the land the young Empress Savina (Birch) desires to use magic for good, but the evil Profion (Irons) plans to utilise his powers to usurp the throne from Savina and subject the kingdom to totalitarian rule.’
Busy bee! The news comes amid claims the actor has secured a lead role in the upcoming adventure film, Dungeon & Dragons (pictured last month in New York City)