Former EastEnders star Ben Hardy, who is best known for his role as Peter Beale in the BBC soap, has landed his next movie role in a new thriller (via Variety).
Titled Die by Night, the upcoming dystopian survival thriller stars Hardy opposite Orphan star Isabelle Fuhrman and A Complete Unknown actor Scoot McNairy.
Written and directed by Night Swim‘s Rod Blackhurst, the movie is based on Blackhurst and J. Hunter Richardson’s screenplay The Chosen Few.
Per the synopsis, the film is set in a post-apocalyptic world in which long periods of ‘Night’ sees a host of creatures named The Horde hunt in the dark.
Die by Night follows Fuhrman’s Lucia as she sets out to find safety at The Wall with the help of Hardy’s injured yet determined Barry who says he can get them there.
The creatures aren’t the only things hunting our protagonists though. A tribe of people who sell and trade humans known as The Clans also stand in the way.
The official synopsis reads: “In this propulsive thriller playing out over the course of one night, the only way to survive to see a new day is to trust each other and stay in the light until they make it to The Wall.”
Speaking of the movie, director Blackhurst said: “This film was born from the fears and anxieties that came with becoming a father for the first time, the overwhelming desire to somehow protect my daughter from the dark forces that exist in the world — from the dangerous ideologies that fuel the self-righteous, and of the impossible choices we must make in the face of chaos.
“We’re pleased as punch to be partnering with Protagonist whose taste and prestige precedes them; they make the kinds of films I love and immediately understood the duality of Die by Night as both a mad genre film and a story about us and the times we’re living in but depicted in the most fantastical ways.”
