Exclusive: Kerry Washington and Omar Sy talk action thriller ‘Shadow Force’
Hitting theaters on May 9 from Lionsgate is the action thriller Shadow Force, directed by Joe Carnahan and starring Kerry Washington and Omar Sy.
Written by Leon Chills and Carnahan, the cast also includes Mark Strong, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Ed Quinn, Jahleel Kamara, Jénel Stevens Thompson, Natalia Reyes, Yoson An, and Marvin Jones III aka Krondon.
Kyrah (Washington) and Issac (Sy) were once the leaders of a multinational special forces group called Shadow Force. They broke the rules by falling in love, and in order to protect their son, they go underground. With a large bounty on their heads, and the vengeful Shadow Force hot on their trail, one family’s fight becomes all-out war.
Shadow Force is being produced by Stephen “Dr.” Love, who is producing through his Made with Love Media company, along with Washington, who is producing through her production company Simpson Street; Sterling K. Brown, who is producing through his Indian Meadows Productions; and Simpson Street’s Pilar Savone. The film is executive produced by Indian Meadows’ Danielle Reardon, Jennifer Wiley-Stockton, and by Katherine Atkinson.
Washington recently starred and executive produced the Onyx Collective series “Unprisoned.” She is best known for her starring role in the ABC-Shondaland drama “Scandal,” which ran for seven seasons. The show earned her two of her nine Emmy nominations to date. The others were for her work in the HBO movie “Confirmation,” the ABC “Live in Front of a Studio Audience” specials, the Netflix movie “American Son,” and for the Hulu limited series “Little Fires Everywhere.”
Last seen in John Woo’s reimagining of The Killer, Sy is a French actor who rocketed to international stardom with his performance in The Intouchables, which led him to become the first Black thesp to win the César for Best Actor. He currently stars in Netflix’s Lupin, one of the streamer’s most watched non-English language series, which has been renewed for a third installment. He most recently appeared in the WWI drama Father & Soldier, which had its world premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, also producing the pic through his Korokoro production banner.
Blackfilmandtv.com's Wilson Morales talks to Kerry Washington and Omar Sy on Lionsgate's Shadow Force