Sex Education star Reda Elazouar to frontline action-thriller Scorpion

Scorpion is an upcoming action thriller movie directed by Australian filmmaker Richard Hughes. Alongside previously announced cast members Alex Pettyfer and Clive Owen, Sex Education star Reda Elazouar is now set to lead the action thriller. Elazouar portrayed the recurring role of Beau (Vivenne's love interest) in Netflix's teen sex comedy drama, Sex Education.

Elazouar is set to play Jason, a young cop who is tasked with his first assignment with an elite unit of Afghanistan veterans in the upcoming action thriller movie. The movie is currently being shot in Cyprus, the UK, and parts of Bulgaria.

According to Deadline, the shooting began on July 6 in Cyprus. It will eventually shift to Bulgaria on July 13, where filming will continue till the end of the month. Jeremy Rouse is the director of photography, while the screenplay is written by Hughes and Bennett Fisher.

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Sex Education star Reda Elazouar to play the lead in Richard Hughes' Scorpion

Reda Elazouar played Beau in Sex Education (Image Via Instagram/@redaelazouar)

Elazouar will play the lead young cop, Jason, in Scorpion. Jason finds himself in a challenging situation when he is assigned his first assignment. Can he prove himself? Or will he fail?

As per the synopsis, Jason joins the UK's elite tactical unit that consists of Afghanistan veterans. During a nighttime raid on a remote farmhouse, in a mission to capture a fugitive, they do not realise that they have stepped on a trap. Eventually, they find themselves in a dangerous, isolated situation, cut off from all communication and sealed inside the farmhouse.

The squad then gets orders from a mysterious, sinister voice on the phone who threatens them and issues an ultimatum. Every thirty minutes, the squad members need to confess to their unit about something they did during the classified operations in Afghanistan years ago. However, if they fail to do so, at the thirty-minute interval, someone will be killed in the unit. The synopsis further reads (via WestEnd Films)

"Trapped and terrified, the team fractures into suspicion and betrayal, and Jason begins to realize the heroes he once admired may be hiding something far darker."

The film is produced by James Ireland and Alex Pettyfer under Dark Dreams Entertainment. Matt Murphie, Luke Bouchier, and David Mansfield serve as the producers under the banner Copper Island. Michael Lawrence is the executive producer. West End Films will handle the global distribution. The other producers include Jib Polhemus, Patrick Hughes, Huge Films' Greg McLean, Hannah Leader, and Yariv Lerner.

The additional cast members for Scorpion include Lea Anderson, Ronan Summers, Alex Cooke, Jake Ryan, Luke Bouchier, Anthony Del Negro, Mark Rhino Smith, and Joey Ansah. The cast details, however remains under wraps as of now. The release date and other details have not been revealed yet.

Richard Hughes about his upcoming action thriller, Scorpion

In an interview (via Screen Daily), Hughes reveals that Scorpion is a 'claustrophobic thriller' that taps into elements of police drama, revenge-driven horror, and psychological aspects. He noted,

" I want to explore a morally ambiguous world where loyalty and guilt collide. At its core, Scorpion asks whether justice and revenge can ever truly be separated.”

Maya Ansellem, the managing director of WestEnd Films, further added,