Antonio Banderas has joined the cast list of upcoming action-comedy Salty, which will see him team up with director Simon West.
Antonio Banderas
Banderas is no stranger to the action genre with the likes of The Mask of Zorro and Desperado under his belt during his career.
Salty sees West back in the director's chair for the first time since he teamed up with Jason Statham for Wild Card. Mark Haskell Smith and Toby Davies are also on board having penned the screenplay.
Salty film is the largest equity crowdfunded film of all time, breaking new ground by inviting members of the British public to own a stake in the film's profits. Salty is the first significant Hollywood film to be funded in this way.
Production is set to get underway this summer but Banderas is the only official member of the cast list to be announced. It will be interesting to see who follows in the coming weeks.
Set in Chile, the action-comedy is rich in colour and exotic locations. The story follows the experience of Turk Henry, an ageing rock star and bassist for a recently split mega-platinum music band. A reformed sex addict married to a supermodel and rich beyond his wildest dreams, Turk is persuaded to take a holiday by his wife and finds his pampered paunch plopped on the beach in South America.
Turk soon discovers that Chile is probably the last place a recovering sex addict should go on vacation. As he struggles with monogamy, his wife is mysteriously abducted by a group of renegade, ship-less pirates trying to raise money to buy a new boat. Having never organised anything more challenging than a club sandwich from room service, Turk embarks on a mission to rescue his wife.
With life skills better suited to playing bass, playing the field, and partying he is forced to navigate the back alleys of Santiago, with hilarious escapades in the city's flesh pots, and take on ruthless bandits in the jungles of the South America.
No release date for the film has been announced.
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