(Left) Arnold Schwarzenegger as Luke Brunner in ‘Fubar.’ Photo: Christos Kalohoridis/Netflix © 2023. (Right) Liam Hemsworth as Kinney in the action film, ‘Land of Bad,’ a release by The Avenue. Photo courtesy of The Avenue.
Preview:
- Arnold Schwarzenegger and Liam Hemsworth will star in ‘The Kellys.’
- Brad Peyton is directing the new action thriller.
- It’ll star a cop trying to rescue his wife from terrorists.
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Liam Hemsworth are no stranger to action movies. Indeed, they’ve appeared together in one –– ‘The Expendables 2.’
The pair is now reuniting for a new high-concept action outing called ‘The Kellys’ that has shades of ‘Die Hard’ (see the logline below).
With Brad Peyton (‘Rampage’) in the director’s chair, Amazon MGM Studios has snapped this one up, aiming to put it out via Prime Video. According to Deadline, production is already underway.
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What’s the story of the ‘The Kelleys’?
Arnold Schwarzenegger as Luke Brunner in episode 205 of ‘Fubar.’ Photo: Courtesy of Netflix © 2025
With a script co-written by Tze Chun and Peyton, the story sees Molly, the wife of disgraced NYC cop Jack Kelly (Schwarzenegger), taken hostage by terrorists inside an old armory building.
Subsequently, Kelly will have to join forces with the people he fears most to save her: His family.
Where else can we see Arnold Schwarzenegger?
(Left) Christopher McQuarrie, writer and director of ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.’ (Right) Arnold Schwarzenegger in ‘Conan the Barbarian’. Photo: Universal Pictures.
Most recently appearing in the second season of Netflix action comedy series ‘FUBAR,’ Schwarzenegger has worked on a new Christmas movie, ‘The Man with the Bag’ (in which he plays Santa), and is also planning to work with Christopher McQuarrie (‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’) on the latest attempt to make ‘King Conan.’
Arnold Schwarzenegger in ‘Predator’. Photo: 20th Century Fox.
