Orlando Bloom and Ethan Hawke Encounter ‘The Last of the Tribe’

Orlando Bloom (Pirates of the Caribbean, The Lord of the Rings) is joining Ethan Hawke (Sinister, The Black Phone) in The Last of the Tribe, a jungle thriller based on a non-fiction book by award-winning investigative journalist Monte Reel, reports Variety.

The film is set in the Amazon rainforest and follows William Phelan (Hawke), a washed-out Chicago cop turned corporate gun-for-hire, who is sent to investigate a death. During his mission, he encounters the last surviving member of an Indigenous tribe.

The Last of the Tribe, which is directed by Claudio Borrelli (Vultures), features previously announced Brazilian actress and environmental activist Zaya Guarani.

“I’m drawn to films that slam the raw, the rugged and the cruel head-on into the beautiful and the divine,” said Borrelli. “In this story, the rainforest is both the villain and the savior — that natural and forever conflict is the essence of what I want to capture in The Last of the Tribe.”

Mark Bailey, an Emmy-nominee who wrote Downfall and The Volcano: Rescue From Whakaari, penned the screenplay.

Protagonist Pictures is launching sales ahead of EFM.