Ke Huy Quan to Star In Action Thriller ‘Fairytale in New York’ from ‘Sisu’ Director

New action dream team alert: Academy Award winner Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once) is teaming with Sisu director Jalmari Helander on the new action thriller Fairytale in New York for Lionsgate, Deadline reports today.

The new action film will take place on “Christmas Eve in New York City, as an unassuming cab driver takes one last ride before going to celebrate the holiday with his estranged son. After a run-in with a gang of criminals, he embarks on a relentless pursuit to retrieve his kid’s priceless Christmas gift.”

Jalmari Helander is no stranger to holiday fare, having previously helmed Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale. Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani wrote the screenplay for Fairytale in New York.

In a statement on the new project, Adam Fogelson, chair, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, said, “As soon as we watched Sisu, we knew Jalmari was a filmmaker we wanted to be in business with again. Fairytale in New York is a wildly entertaining, thrill ride of an action film and an emotionally resonant story about family. And every once in a while, an actor hits their prime—Ke Huy Quan is having that moment right now and his deep experience crafting action in front of and behind the camera as well as his exceptional likability make him the perfect actor for this project.