Two years after the project was announced, filming is finally getting underway on the sequel to Andrew Niccol’s 2005 crime thriller “Lord of War”.
Nicolas Cage will reprise his role of notorious illegal weapons trafficker Yuri Orlov from the original film for this follow-up titled “Lords of War” which will shoot later this month in Belgium and Morocco.
Further casting has been announced with Sylvia Hoeks (“Blade Runner 2049”) and Greg Tarzan Davis (“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning”) joining the previously announced cast, which includes Cage, Bill Skarsgård (“IT”), and Laura Harrier (“Spider-Man Homecoming”).
The new film sees Cage’s gunrunner Yuri go head-to-head against his own son, Anton (Skarsgard). A chip off the old block, Anton hasn’t simply followed his father into the arms trade, but is going one step further.
Anton is amassing a mercenary army to fight America’s conflicts in the Middle East, and soon a bitter rivalry erupts, with the two at odds over everything – including the same women.
Cage, Philippe Rousselet and Fabrice Gianfermi are producing, and Skarsgård is executive producing.
Source: Variety
