Joel Kinnaman Plays A Father From Hell In New Thriller, BACKCOUNTRY, Now Filming

Actor Joel Kinnaman's latest thriller is releasing this Friday in the form of Jaume Collet-Serra's Run All Night with leading badass Liam Neeson. In the meantime, Kinnaman has at least two other films he's currently filming soon so far in Canada, the first which, as of last week sees the actor on the snowy end of Sudbury in Ontario for Backcountry, the new thriller from Drive Productions, JoBro Productions and global rights holder Tajj Media.

Backcountry is being directed by BAFTA winning debut director Rob Connolly from a script by producer Kyle Mann which The Wrap states goes a little something like this:

Kinnaman plays Elliot Baker, who seizes the chance to develop a better relationship with his sons when his ex-wife Karen (Rachelle LeFevre) and her new husband take a vacation and leave the boys with him. What starts as a bonding opportunity turns into a nightmarish adventure when they get stranded in a deserted cabin near the lake as night falls and a snowstorm rages. Bradley (Tom Holland) and Caleb (Percy Hynes-White) quickly learn more about their father and what they truly mean to him in this gripping tale of family and survival.

Michael Risley is co-producing with executive producers are Jeff Sackman and Jonathan Bronfman. Production is expected to wrap on March 28 prior to moving over to Pinewood Studios in Toronto to take the lead as Rick Flagg in David Ayer's Suicide Squad for Warner Bros.

Kinnaman's next appearance will be alongside former Suicide Squad candidate Tom Hardy in Daniel Espinosa's period crime thriller, Child 44 which arrives on April 17.

Tom Hardy Is On The Hunt For A Killer In The New Trailer For CHILD 44

You won't see him as Rick Flagg in David Ayer's Suicide Squad film which is still casting, but librophiles and fans of actor Tom Hardy alike may find interest in what Safe House helmer Daniel Espinoza is offering in his newest thriller, Child 44. The film is set to arrive this April with Hardy reuniting with The Dark Knight Rises co-star Gary Oldman in an intense period drama based author Tom Rob Smith's 2008 U.K. book publication.

SYNOPSIS:

A politically-charged serial killer thriller set in 1953 Soviet Russia, "Child 44" chronicles the crisis of conscience for secret police agent Leo Demidov (Tom Hardy), who loses status, power and home when he refuses to denounce his own wife, Raisa (Noomi Rapace), as a traitor. Exiled from Moscow to a grim provincial outpost, Leo and Raisa join forces with General Mikhail Nesterov (Gary Oldman) to track down a serial killer who preys on young boys. Their quest for justice threatens a system-wide cover-up enforced by Leo’s psychopathic rival Vasil (Joel Kinnaman), who insists “There is no crime in Paradise.”

The latest trailer is out this week and you can check it out below.