Action-Adventure Dev Patel’s ‘The Peasant | A24

[Pennywise]

Dev Patel to Direct, Star in Period Revenge Action Thriller ‘The Peasant’ for Fifth Season (Exclusive)

Patel is also writing the feature that Thunder Road, the banner behind the bullet-blazing John Wick movies, is producing.

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Dev Patel is continuing to establish his triple threat filmmaking skills, coming on board to write, direct, and star in The Peasant, a unique period action thriller from Fifth Season and Thunder Road Pictures.

The project reunites Patel with Thunder Road, which produced Monkey Man, his feature directorial debut which he also co-wrote and in which he starred.

An adrenalized revenge thriller, the project is being described as having shades of Braveheart and John Wick as well as notes of King Arthur as it mashes up Medieval knights with feudal India.

Set in the 1300s, it centers on a shepherd who embarks on a rage-fueled campaign against a group of mercenary knights who ransacked his community, revealing himself to be more than he seems.

I’m so in for this! Monkey Man was awesome!

 

[Da-Scribe]

This is amazing news. Patel killed it with Monkey Man.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Gee]

Yep, day 1.