Lukas Gage and Alex Akpobome have signed onto the ‘Black Swan’ meets ‘Whiplash’ cycling thriller ‘Pumping Black’, starring Natalie Portman.
Add a couple more to Mimi Cave‘s (Fresh) Black Swan meets Whiplash cycling thriller, Pumping Black. Deadline reports that both Lukas Gage (pictured above in Smile 2) and Alex Akpobome (Twenties) have joined the cast.
They join Natalie Portman (Black Swan) and Jonathan Bailey (Jurassic World: Rebirth).
The film “follows cyclist Taylor Mace, who at 35-years-old is finding himself aging out of the sport. He is taken under the wing of Andrea Lathe, a doctor driven by her own thirst for victory and power. As the race to the Tour de France progresses, Taylor must take increasingly dark measures to protect his secret.”
Personally, I’m a big fan of Fresh. Cave’s film caught me completely by surprise, proving her a director more than capable of delivering horror that felt, well, fresh. Somehow, I doubt the secret at the heart of Pumping Black involves cannibalism, but wouldn’t that be fun?
Cave will direct from a script by Haley Hope Bartels.
Producing are Stacey Sher at Shiny Penny (Heretic), Cave, Anton’s Sébastien Raybaud (Victorian Psycho) and Natalie Portman and Sophie Mas from MountainA.
Production on Pumping Black is scheduled for this Fall.
