EXCLUSIVE: Cam Gigandet (Twilight) has signed on to star in the feature Deadly Games.
Gigandet joins the wider ensemble featuring Eddie Hall (The Expendables 4), Shane McCormick (Beneath the Silence), Hannah James (Supergirl), and Megan Lockhurst (The Siege).
Deadly Games follows Dax Cage (Gigandet), a former undisputed MMA champion who returns home after a seven-year prison stint to find his life in ruins. His estranged father wants nothing to do with him, his marriage has crumbled, and his younger step-brother Maverick (McCormick) — once MMA’s most promising star — is barely staying afloat with a newborn on the way. Drowning in debt to London’s most feared loan shark, Maverick is forced into the Deadly Games—a brutal underground tournament offering a £1 million prize.
As Dax fights to protect his brother, he must enter the ring once more—risking his life and defying a doctor’s orders after multiple concussions ended his professional career. With hulking opponents like the menacing Brock Wrath (Hall) standing in his way, Dax is driven by loyalty, redemption, and the desperate hope of rebuilding a shattered family.
The film is directed by Brad Watson (Miss Willoughby and The Haunted Bookshop) and is written by Charley McDougall, based on a story created by McDougall and Shane McCormick. It is produced by Jamie McLeod-Ross (The Reckoning), Charley McDougall (Breaking Cover), with executive producers Shane McCormick, Alan Latham, Bradley Ward, Josh Witcher, Neil Aldridge, Janet Brooks, and Andy McLeod-Ross. The project also partners with Shamal Parab, Abhed Parab, and Sheetal Parab of Movie Gears.
Production is set to begin this Autumn at Highfield Grange Studios in Yorkshire. Producers will launch sales at TIFF.
McDougall describes the film as “a throwback to the glory days of ‘80s and ‘90s fight movies — think JCVD’s Bloodsport meets Stallone’s Rocky IV. It’s an action-packed popcorn movie with real heart. The fights are brutal, the stakes are personal, and the emotion is raw. We want the audience to be on the edge of their seats — and feel every punch.”
