Butler and Alan Siegel's production company is teaming with Adeleke for his feature directorial debut, which delves into the world of human trafficking and organ harvesting.
Gerard Butler and Alan Siegel have teamed back up with Remi Adeleke, the star of upcoming action-thriller The Plane.The duo’s G-Base production company — behind The Plane, set for a January release with Lionsgate, plus fellow high-octane titles such as Greenland, Angel Has Fallen and Den of Thieves — has boarded Unexpected Redemption, Adeleke’s feature directorial debut, which is having its market premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Unexpected Redemption is based on Adeleke’s human-trafficking/organ harvesting short film The Unexpected, which he wrote, directed and produced. Set for a Sep. 30 release, based on true events and told through the lens of its two victims, The Unexpected unearths an elaborate international human-trafficking/organ harvesting ring and its link to terrorism.Picking up five years on, the feature length action-thriller Unexpected Redemption delves deeper into the dark and treacherous world of human trafficking, specifically focusing on the rarely talked about world of organ harvesting.
The Hollywood Reporter understands that the wide industry acclaim and interest around The Unexpected short played a huge role in G-Base coming on board to produce the feature, alongside other entities soon to be announced.
“After working with Remi on The Plane and observing his talents first-hand, we’re so excited to be working with him,” said Siegel. In Unexpected Redemption, loyalties are tested when Rudy Rivera, a former special forces operator and current GRS-CIA operative is called to fulfill the last wishes of his estranged brother, Diego who has spent the last seven years organ trafficking around the world. Rudy will embark on a journey with two former GRS operatives/human trafficking NGOs to take down one of the largest international organ-harvesting rings that has ever existed.
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