Luc Besson has found his new action star according to a report over at
Deadline. Sullivan Stapleton, the lucky bastard who went a couple rounds, some more exciting than others, with Eva Green in
300: Rise of an Empire has been cast as the lead in Besson`s upcoming action thriller
The Lake.
He heads the cast in a thriller about a group of Navy SEALs who attempt to solve a long-forgotten mystery while they uncover an immense treasure hidden in a lake in war-torn Serbia.
Besson is producing under his Red production banner. He wrote the screenplay with Richard Wenk (
The Equalizer). Steven Quale (the forgettable
Into The Storm) will direct the film that begins production in April