Zoe Kravitz Set to Star As Gunslinger In Western Black Belle
She was fantastic as Toast, one of the Five Wives in Mad Max: Fury Road, but now Zoe Kravitz is ready to take centre stage as a gun-slinging hero. Shes signed up for the lead in Western drama Black Belle
Zoe Kravitz, who is part of Lionsgates Divergent, Insurgent and Allegiant franchise films, is set to star in Black Belle, portraying a gunslinging hit woman from the Old West. The gritty project, which is scheduled to begin this September, follows a loner/bounty hunter who specializes in revenge killing when a client shows up with information about her mothers murderer. It takes a turn when she realizes just who the alleged killer really is.
The film is set in the time just after the Civil War and is being produced by Chad Simpsons Brain Scratch Prods in partnership with Mark Canton and Lawrence Smiths Mad Riot Entertainment. Kravitz, has been working non-stop. She co-starred in this summers R-rated Mad Max: Fury Road and also the highly anticipated comedy/drama Dope which bows June 19. She just finished filming Gerardo Naranjos Viena And The Fantomes opposite Dakota Fanning as well as Vincent-N-Roxxy with Emilie Hirsch.
From an original screenplay by Tasha Huo, Black Belle will be directed by Shana Betz who made her feature film directorial debut with the Anna Paquin-starring indie biopic Free Ride in 2013; she also scripted that one. Simpson was also the co-producer on Free Ride.