Black-ish fame Miles Brown, and Andrew Koji, known for Bullet Train have joined the cast of an upcoming Indie action comedy Sixteen. The film marks the directorial debut of Brett Chan, Emmy-nominated stunt coordinator and action director.
Backed by Electric Panda Entertainment and Gold Star Productions, Sixteen is set to begin filming in Vancouver, this Winter. Chan will helm the film from a screenplay penned by Jason Bourque, Phillip Mitchell and David Zanardi.
Sixteen will tell the story of a professional hitman (Koji), who has had a rebirth as a 16-year-old high schooler (Brown). While surviving through high school on one side, he must fight against the crime syndicate responsible for his death, on the other.
Ken Frith and Bourque of Gold Star and Yas Taalat, Gabriel Napora and Yipeng Ben Lu of Electric Panda will be backing the film.