David W. Thompson, Brendan Sexton III, Liana Wright-Mark, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Jorge Garcia and Lauren Glazier will star in “American Muscle.” It’s a gritty, character-driven thriller from writer-director Joel Veach that was shot solely in Santa Clarita, Calif. Manufacturing not too long ago wrapped on the indie characteristic.

The movie follows a debt-ridden mechanic (Thompson) determined to flee his violent previous. When his estranged sister returns and two ruthless debt collectors come on the lookout for cost, long-buried household secrets and techniques resurface, setting the stage for an explosive reckoning.

Thompson’s credit embrace “Mountainhead” and “It’s What’s Inside”; Sexton has starred in “Shelby Oaks” and “Don’t Breathe 2″; Wright-Mark appeared in “Poker Face” and “Love Bomb”; Akinnagbe is understood for “The Wire” and “The Previous Man”; Garcia shot to fame on “Misplaced”; and Glazier’s work contains “Mindhunter” and “Ransom Canyon.”

“American Muscle” marks Veach’s characteristic directorial debut. He beforehand wrote the psychological thriller “Previous Man,” starring Stephen Lang, and directed the quick movie “Guys With Weapons,” which premiered on the Raindance Movie Pageant. Veach’s subsequent characteristic shall be “The Ballad of Little John Wayne,” a neo-Western set in Nineteen Eighties West Texas.

“American Muscle is about damaged individuals attempting to outlive a world that doesn’t forgive weak spot,” mentioned producer Nathan Crooker, who produced underneath his Ghost Gang Productions banner alongside Veach and his firm, RSL Movies. “Joel’s writing is each gripping and emotionally uncooked, he crafts characters who bleed, communicate rigorously, and carry historical past of their silences. That is storytelling with grit and gravity, and it’s been a privilege to deliver it to life.”

“I’m simply extremely grateful to have labored with such an outstanding group of actors, a few of whom have been directed by filmmakers I deeply admire, like Martin McDonagh, David Fincher, Jeremy Saulnier and Fortunate McKee,” mentioned Veach. “It’s additionally been an honor to work alongside Nathan Crooker. This movie merely wouldn’t have gotten made with out his perception within the story and the eagerness and precision he introduced to each side of manufacturing from begin to end.”

“American Muscle” is presently in post-production.