Peter Stormare, Steven Berkoff and Matt Hookings have signed on to star in Matt Routledge’s thriller The Awakening for UK producers Camelot Media.
Julian Glover and Justin Tinto are also among the cast of the film, in which Tinto plays a man who discovers a global conspiracy and sets out to awaken the world.
Tinto wrote the original script; the film is currently in pre-production ahead of a shoot at Pinewood Studios.
Hookings and Tim Kent will produce the title for Camelot. The film is entirely financed by independent sources. Tinto says that the film is intended to convey a message about the importance and dangers of critical thinking. The company previously produced Daniel Graham’s
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