Dave Bautista, Steven Yeun, Zoë Kravitz, Léa Seydoux, Riley Keough and Channing Tatum have joined the cast of “Alpha Gang,” an alien invasion comedy by “Sasquatch Sunset” filmmakers David and Nathan Zellner.
“Alpha Gang,” which also stars Cate Blanchett, centers on a group of alien invaders sent to conquer Earth. “Disguised in human form as an armed and dangerous 1950’s leather-clad biker gang, they show no mercy… until they catch the most toxic, contagious human disease of all: emotion,” reads the synopsis.
MK2 Films is handling international sales for the project, while CAA Media Finance is repping North American distribution rights. The film is scheduled to shoot in Spring 2025.
Bautista is represented by CAA, Meisner Entertainment Group, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman. Tatum is represented by CAA, Relevant, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller, Gellman, Meigs & Fox. Keough is represented by CAA, Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller, Gellman, Meigs & Fox, and The Lede Company. Kravitz is represented by CAA, Untitled Entertainment, Bill Sobel at Edelstein, Laird & Sobel, and The Oriel Co. Yeun is repped by WME, Narrative, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller, Gellman, Meigs & Fox.
“Alpha Gang” will be lensed by cinematographer Mike Gioulakis, a regular collaborator with Jordan Peele, M. Night Shyamalan, and David Robert Mitchell.
The Zellner brothers previously directed “Sasquatch Sunset,” the buzzy absurdist comedy starring Jesse Eisenberg and Riley Keough which was the talk of this year’s Sundance Film Festival. They’re producing “Alpha Gang” for ZBi, with Blanchett and Coco Francini for Dirty Films, as well as Gina Gammell for Felix Culpa, Ryan Zacarias for Fat City, Mary Aloe for Aloe Entertainment and Andrea Bucko for Sugar Rush Pictures.
The film is presented by Rabbits Black whose executive producers are Sean Krajewski, Ronnie Exley, Lawrence Minicone and Jeremy Ross, along with Tyler Peters and Sophie Curtis of Electric Void, and Tom Ogden, in association with Aloe’s partners at Partners in Kind, Gillian Hormel and Shelly Tygielski.
The Zellner brothers are represented by CAA, Entertainment 360 and Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Feldman, Rogal, Shikora & Clark