Frank Grillo has been cast in Year 2, a horror movie being described as The Purge with werewolves.
Actor Frank Grillo, who has become a prominent genre star in recent years, will be headlining the new werewolf horror action film Year 2. Grillo most recently appeared in Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard, and starred in the high octane fan-favorite Boss Level movie. Year 2 is being directed by filmmaker Steven C. Miller, who has established a notable action film resume that includes movies such as Escape Plan 2: Hades, which starred Sylvester Stallone and Dave Bautista.
According to Screen Daily, Grillo has joined Year 2 after successful turns in multiple franchise installments of The Purge and Marvel Studios' Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War. Designing and building the werewolf creatures for Year 2 is Amalgamated Dynamics' Alec Gillis, whose special effects work has earned Oscar nominations. Gillis' recent work includes Godzilla vs. Kong and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.