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Scott Adkins and Lewis Tan are keeping up the action star bromance and together will lead Deadlocked<\/em>, about a deadly siege in which a group of jurors come under attack.<\/p>\n Pre-production on the pic is has begun, with Tan overseeing the action design in collaboration with a fight choreographer and Roel Rein\u00e9 (Classified<\/em>) directing. Collin Armstrong is the writer, with Film Mode Entertainment,\u00a0Vault Entertainment,\u00a0Rebel Entertainment\u00a0and\u00a0In Tandem Productions all attached. Production is slated for late this year.<\/p>\n More from Deadline<\/strong><\/p>\n Film Mode will introduce the project to buyers at the Cannes Film Festival as it launches worldwide sales.<\/p>\n The plot is based around a routine jury site visit that turns deadly when a mercenary kill team led by Hewitt (Adkins) storms the location in search of a secret ledger detailing citywide corruption. Trapped inside, a disgraced ex-cop-turned-bailiff (Tan) must protect the surviving jurors and battle the attackers outside while exposing a traitor within.<\/p>\n The news comes less than a week after we were first with the news<\/a> Adkins is making his directorial debut with MMA action pic Brawler<\/em>, which also stars Tan and is launching in Cannes via Capture. The pair also appeared in Netflix pic Diablo<\/em> together.<\/p>\n Melanie DiPietro and Samantha Simon from In Tandem developed the idea for Deadlocked<\/em> with Rein\u00e9 and his Rebel banner, which series as producer alongside Craig Baumgarten and\u00a0Mike Staudt from Vault, and Sean Patrick O\u2019Reilly from Arcana.\u00a0Clay Epstein\u00a0of\u00a0Film Mode serves as executive producer.<\/p>\n Tan is known for playing the lead in the 2021 reboot of Mortal Kombat<\/em> and has had roles in Deadpool 2<\/em>, Wu Assassins<\/em>, Shadow and Bone<\/em> and Cobra Kai<\/em>, and he is set to reprise his role as Cole Young in Mortal Kombat II<\/em>.<\/p>\n Action genre stalwart Adkins is known for the Undisputed<\/em> franchise, and has had roles in John Wick: Chapter 4<\/em>,\u00a0The Expendables 2<\/em>, and\u00a0Ip Man 4<\/em>.<\/p>\n Best of Deadline<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Deadline’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Scott Adkins and Lewis Tan are keeping up the action star bromance and together will lead Deadlocked, about a deadly siege in which a group of jurors come under attack. Pre-production on the pic is has begun, with Tan overseeing the action design in collaboration with a fight choreographer and Roel Rein\u00e9 (Classified) directing. 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