Nina Dobrev Joins Movie "Bear Country"
Nina Dobrev is set to join Russell Crowe and Kartiah Vergara in "Bear Country", the action thriller helmed by Derrick Borte that's currently shooting in the Australian state of Queensland.
An adaptation of the novel Strip by Thomas Perry, "Bear Country" stars Crowe as the aging yet formidable club owner, Manco Kapak, who has been robbed by a masked gunman. Now, his aspirations of selling his club and riding off into the sunset alongside his girlfriend appear more distant than ever. Cartel bosses are breathing down his neck and a young upstart has been posing as the new guy in town eager to purchase the club.
Dobrev plays a quirky bank teller who gets involved in crimes inspired by her Bonnie-and-Clyde-like fantasies.
Borte adapted the screenplay with Daniel Forte. Producers include Mark Fasano (Marlowe) of Nickel City Pictures; Jeffrey Greenstein (The Hitman's Bodyguard) of A Higher Standard; Deborah Glover (Sleeping Dogs) of G2 Dispatch; and Mark Bower and Bruno Mustic of Life & Soul Pictures.
The adaptation is supported by the City of Gold Coast and by the Australian Government through the Location Offset.
Dobrev recently starred in the action thriller "The Bricklayer" opposite Aaron Eckhart, the Netflix action comedy "The Out-Laws", produced by Adam Sandler, and the romantic comedy "Love Hard", which debuted as the #1 film in the world on Netflix.
She also starred in and exec produced "Sick Girl" and played a lead in "Run This Town" opposite Ben Platt. Her previous work also includes "Flatliners" for Sony and "The Perks of Being a Wallflower", directed by Stephen Chbosky.
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