Stephen Lang to Lead Uli Edel's Western Thriller The Mercy Rider
Lang plays Joe McCabe, a former soldier turned reclusive Texas rancher, in a film set to shoot in Mexico.
Stephen Lang will star in The Mercy Rider, a modern-day Western thriller to be directed by Uli Edel, according to hollywoodreporter.com. Richard Julian wrote the script.
Lang plays Joe McCabe, a former soldier who lives as a reclusive Texas rancher. Jack Hudson is cast as Harvey "Hawk" Walters, a hard-line immigration agent.
The film is scheduled to shoot in Mexico. G. Mac Brown and Jack Hudson will produce.
Lang and Edel have worked together before: Lang had his breakthrough performance in Edel's Last Exit to Brooklyn, released in 1989. Edel made his feature debut with Christiane F. in 1981 and directed the Oscar-nominated The Baader Meinhof Complex in 2008.
G. Mac Brown was a line producer on Last Exit to Brooklyn and an executive producer on The Departed and The Upside.
Quick answers
Who stars in The Mercy Rider?
Stephen Lang stars as Joe McCabe, alongside Jack Hudson as Harvey "Hawk" Walters.
Who is directing The Mercy Rider?
Uli Edel directs from a script by Richard Julian.
Where will The Mercy Rider be filmed?
The film is set to shoot in Mexico.