JEFFREY DEAN MORGAN’s (Luke Vaughn) charisma, undeniable charm and versatility have landed him a variety of prestigious films working alongside a number of award-winning actors and filmmakers. Having worked nonstop in back-to-back features the past few years, Morgan has captured the attention of Hollywood and has emerged as one of the industry’s most sought-after leading men.
Currently, he is co-starring alongside Halle Barry in the second season of the CBS series “Extant” which premiered in July. In May, he starred in the History Channel mini-series “Texas Rising” with Bill Paxton and Thomas Jane. The miniseries details the Texas Revolution and the rise of the Texas Rangers. This fall he will join the cast of the CBS series “The Good Wife.”
Morgan recently completed filming the feature Desierto with Gael García Bernal for director Jonás Cuarón; the western The Salvation with Eva Green and Mads Mikkelsen, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival; and the supernatural thriller Solace opposite Sir Anthony Hopkins and Colin Farrell.
Morgan captivated science fiction fans when he starred in Watchmen for director Zack Snyder which was an adaptation of the iconic graphic novel and, The Losers, an adaptation of DC-Vertigo’s acclaimed comic book series, produced by Joel Silver and directed by Sylvain White.
Additional feature film credits include Peace, Love & Misunderstanding alongside Catherine Keener, Jane Fonda and Elizabeth Olsen for director Bruce Beresford; the thriller The Possession with Kyra Sedgwick for producer Sam Raimi; the re-boot of the 1984 action movie Red Dawn; the murder mystery The Texas Killing Fields with Sam Worthington, Chloe Moretz and Jessica Chastain; Ang Lee’s film Taking Woodstock; and P.S. I Love You with Hilary Swank.
Morgan endeared himself to television audiences worldwide with his recurring roles on the CW series “Supernatural” and on the ABC hit series “Grey’s Anatomy” both of which made him a universal fan favorite. He also had a recurring role in the Showtime’s award-winning comedy series, “Weeds” and most recently he starred as hotel owner Ike Evans in the critically acclaimed Starz series “Magic City” which will become a feature length film.
ROBERT DE NIRO (Frank “The Pope” Pope) launched his prolific motion picture career in Brian De Palma's The Wedding Party in 1969. By 1974 he had won the New York Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor in recognition of his critically acclaimed performance in Bang the Drum Slowly and from the National Society of Film Critic for Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets.
In 1974 De Niro won the Academy Award® for “Best Supporting Actor” for his portrayal of the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather, Part II. In 1980 he won his second Oscar®, as “Best Actor” for his portrayal of boxer Jake La Motta in director Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull.
De Niro has earned Academy Award® nominations for his work in five other films: Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter, Awakenings, Cape Fear, and Silver Linings Playbook.
In 2009, De Niro received the coveted Kennedy Center Honor for his distinguished acting. He also received the Hollywood Actor Award from the Hollywood Film Festival, which he won again in 2012, and the Stanley Kubrick Award from the BAFTA Britannia Awards. De Niro was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 2011 Golden Globe® Award. He also served as the jury president of the 64th Cannes Film Festival.
De Niro recent film credits include: Last Vegas, Grudge Match, Freelancers, New Year’s Eve, Limitless, Machete, Little Fockers and Meet the Fockers, sequels of the highly successful Tribeca Productions’ Meet the Parents franchise.
His distinguished body of work also includes performances in The Last Tycoon, 1900, Falling in Love, Once Upon a Time in America, King of Comedy, New York, New York, Goodfellas, Casino, Brazil, The Mission, The Untouchables, Angel Heart, Midnight Run, Jacknife, Stanley and Iris, Backdraft, This Boy's Life, Mad Dog and Glory, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Heat, Wag the Dog, Copland, Jackie Brown, Ronin, Analyze This and Analyze That, and The Score.
De Niro takes pride in the development of his New York-based production company, Tribeca Productions, the Tribeca Film Center, which he founded with Jane Rosenthal in 1988, and in the Tribeca Film Festival, which he founded with Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff in 2001 Tribeca's A Bronx Tale in 1993 marked De Niro’s directorial debut. He later directed and co-starred in The Good Shepherd with Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie.
In 1992, Tribeca TV was launched with the acclaimed series “Tribeca” with De Niro as one of the executive producers. In 1998, Tribeca produced a miniseries for NBC, based on the life of “Sammy ‘The Bull’ Gravano.”
KATE BOSWORTH (Sydney Pope) recently completed several feature films including Before I Wake, Life on the Line, and 90 Minutes in Heaven, based on The New York Times bestseller. In 2015, she co-starred with Julianne Moore in the critically acclaimed drama Still Alice, for which Moore won a “Best Actress” Oscar®. Bosworth will soon be seen as in the upcoming television series, “The Art of More.”
Bosworth made her screen debut at age 14 in the Robert Redford film, The Horse Whisperer (1998) when the champion equestrian attended an open casting call for a horse movie and won the role of the female lead’s best friend. Since then, Bosworth has starred in more than 30 films including Amnesiac, Black Rock, 21, Movie 43, And While We Were Here, The Warrior’s Way, Straw Dogs, Superman Returns, Wonderland, The Rules of Attraction, Beyond the Sea, Blue Crush, The Newcomers and Remember the Titans. On television, her credits include Showtime’s “Homefront” and a starring role in the series “The Young Americans”.
GINA CARANO (Officer Kris Bajos) is an actress, former Women’s Mixed Martial Arts trailblazer and Muay Thai champion, whose talent, natural beauty and athleticism have led to starring roles in box-office blockbusters and acclaimed independent films.
Carano will soon be seen as “Angel Dust” in Warner Bros.’ upcoming reboot of Deadpool (with Ryan Reynolds) as well as the remake of the martial arts classic, Kickboxer: Vengeance, opposite HEIST co-star David Bautista, and the sci-fi thriller Sergeant X (formerly The Opium Wars). In the last four years, Carano has become an in-demand actress, with roles in the blockbuster Fast & Furious 6, the crime thriller In the Blood, and the action film, Extraction. Her other film credits include Blood & Bones and American Gladiators.
Long before Carano ever considered an acting career, she inspired an Oscar®-winning filmmaker to write a role for her and was the star of the Oxygen reality series, Ring Girls, which followed Carano and her Muay Thai trainer Master Toddy as she trained and competed to become the first American woman to win a Muay Thai title in Thailand (12-1-1 record). About four years later, after watching Carano in the first StrikeForce Women’s Lightweight Championship (which was televised nationally on Showtime), Academy Award®-winning writer-director Steven Soderbergh met Carano and created the lead character Mallory Kane in the film Haywire for her. With a supporting cast including Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender, Michael Douglas and Antonio Banderas, Carano made her big screen debut in 2011.
Born in Dallas, Texas, Carano was the middle of three daughters to Dana Joy (Cason) and Glenn Carano, a former Dallas Cowboys quarterback. A natural athlete and self-described “tomboy” Carano studied gymnastics, jazz, tap, ballet, rode horses, and wrestled. She and her sisters were star athletes in high school, excelling on the volleyball, softball and basketball teams at Trinity Christian High School in Las Vegas. Carano attended the University of Nevada, Reno and the University of Nevada at Las Vegas where she majored in Psychology. Widely considered the original face of Women’s MMA, participating in the first ever sanctioned MMA bout in Nevada and is currently ranked as the third best female fighter in the world with 7 wins and 1 loss.
MARK-PAUL GOSSELAAR (Detective Thomas Marconi) recently completed production on the action thriller Precious Cargo, with Bruce Willis and Claire Forlani, and will be seen in Fall 2015 on NBC's People Are Talking, which enters its second season.
Gosselaar made his television debut in 1989 as “Zack Morris” in the long-running teen sitcom “Saved by the Bell” followed by the series “Saved by the Bell: The College Year,” and has appeared in the films Dead Man on Campus and Sticks and Stones.
On television, Gosselaar has starred in a number of popular series including “Commander in Chief” “NYPD Blue” TNT’s “Raising the Bar” and in TNT’s “Franklin & Bash” with Breckin Meyer. He has guest starred on dozens of other series including “Weeds”, “Rizzoli & Isles”, “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” and appeared as himself in the sitcom, “Don’t Trust the B---- In Apartment 23”.
Gosselaar has a passion for a variety of sports including golf, hockey, cycling and motor-cross racing. He is also an avid pilot. Gosselaar currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Catriona, and four kids.
D.B. SWEENEY (Bernie) has starred in dozens of films including the The Cutting Edge, Gardens of Stone, Memphis Belle, and No Man’s Land. His performances as Dish Boggett in the epic, award-winning miniseries, “Lonesome Dove”, as Shoeless Joe Jackson in the baseball classic, Eight Men Out, and as alien abductee Travis Walton in Fire in the Sky, are among many that have made Sweeney a familiar face to audiences. He will next be seen in Extraction opposite Bruce Willis and as the mayor of Chicago in Spike Lee’s Chiraq.
In 2006, Sweeney produced, directed and co-wrote the film Two Tickets to Paradise, which screened at the Cannes Film Festival and went on to win more than a dozen awards at film festivals.
The talented actor and filmmaker has voiced characters for films such as Brother Bear (2003) and Dinosaur (2000) as well as the animated television series, “The Legend of Korra”, does promos for A&E and NFL Networks, narrates the History Channel series, “Mountain Men”, and has been the voice of the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), since its inception four years ago.
Sweeney has starred in “Strange Luck” and “Harsh Realm” for FOX as well as “C-16” and “Life As We Know It” for ABC. He’s also had recurring roles on many hit shows including: “Two and a Half Men”, “The Event”, “Criminal Minds”, “Crash”, “Jericho” and “24”.
LYDIA HULL (Pauline) recently completed the upcoming films Extraction and Precious Cargo. The former model-turned-actress has appeared in the films Vice, Escape Plan, Frozen Ground, Empire State, Broken City, Fire with Fire, The Tomb, White Air and Van Wilder: Party Liaison. Hull’s television credits include the series “Castle” and the role of Lily Maddox in the syndicated action drama about firefighters, “SAF 3”.
After winning a Seventeen magazine cover model contest at age 15, Hull launched a career in modeling, eventually moving to Los Angeles, California to pursue acting after graduating high school. In addition to acting, Hull studied apparel and textile marketing at Kansas State University, and earned a degree in jewelry design from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles.
STEPHEN CYRUS SEPHER (Dante, Co-Screenwriter, Producer) wrote the story and co-wrote the screenplay for HEIST and serves as one of its producers. As an actor, he has appeared in the films Anonymous Addiction and Vice, and a short film, One More Round, which he also wrote, produced and directed. The comedy about midlife crises was No. 3 in the Daily Variety Independent Film chart during a limited release weekend and received a national distribution deal in the U.S. and Canada.
MORRIS CHESTNUT (Derrick “Dog” Prince) made his feature film debut in 1991 as Ricky in the critically acclaimed, Boyz in the Hood. Over a 25-year career, Chestnut has starred in a variety of films including The Perfect Guy, Kick-Ass 2, The Call, Think Like a Man, Identity Thief, Like Mike, The Game Plan, Ladder 49, The Perfect Holiday, and Two Can Play That Game.
Recently Chestnut executive produced and starred in the suspense thriller, When the Bough Breaks, and is set to star in the upcoming The Best Man Wedding, reprising his role as Lance Sullivan in the third installment of Universal’s popular The Best Man franchise, which includes the original, The Best Man (1999) and it’s hit sequel, The Best Man Holiday (2013).
On television Chestnut has enjoyed starring roles on several series including as Tony Rice on TNT’s “Legends”, Dr. Ike Prentiss on Showtime’s “Nurse Jackie”, Luke on “American Horror Story”, and Ryan Nichols in “V”.
DAVE BAUTISTA (Jason Cox) is an actor, former professional wrestler, and mixed martial artist best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he was a six-time world champion and an international spokesman for the organization. David retired from the WWE to focus on his acting career in mid-2010.
Since then, Bautista has become an in-demand actor, recently completing production on the upcoming James Bond-007 film, Spectre, in which he portrays the villain Mr. Hinx, and a remake of the martial arts classic, Kickboxer: Vengeance, opposite HEIST co-star Gina Carano. Last year, Bautista starred in the blockbuster Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy as Drax the Destroyer, and opposite Vin Diesel in Universal’s Riddick.
His other film credits include RZA’s feature directorial debut The Man with the Iron Fists, Roel Reiné’s Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption, where he played Argomael; the action film House of The Rising Sun; and Wrong Side of Town, opposite professional wrestler Rob Van Dam, martial artist Marrese Crump and rapper Ja Rule.
Bautista has appeared on television’s “Chuck”, “Headcase”, and “Smallville”. He’s appeared as as a judge on “Iron Chef America,” an episode of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” and MTV’s “Cribs,” showing his house and his cars. Bautista also made a cameo appearance on the Australian soap opera “Neighbours.”
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
SCOTT MANN (Director) previously directed the action thrillers The Tournament and Down Amongst the Dead Men. Mann is also a producer, whose credits include the upcoming films The 4th Reich, Saint Mary’s, Black Money, Mara and Precious Cargo. He also executive produced the documentary “The Betty Driver Story” and produced and directed the documentary, “Celebrities Exposed.” On television, Mann directed the documentary “Planet Pop” and the television series “Stars in Their Eyes” and “Stars in Their Eyes Kids.”
STEPHEN CYRUS SEPHER (Co-Screenwriter, Producer) see above in cast section.
MAX S. ADAMS (Co-Screenwriter) co-wrote the upcoming action thriller Extraction, and recently completed writing and directing the film Precious Cargo, starring Bruce Willis, Claire Forlani, and Mark-Paul Gosselaar, which is based on his 2008 short of the same name. As a screenwriter, Adams’s credits include the recently announce screen adaptation of House To House, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. David Bellavia’s war memoir about the Second Battle of Fallujah for Universal and Imagine, and an adaptation of Ridley Pearson’s novel The Risk Agent, a China-set thriller from a series of books, for Vince Vaughn and Universal.
Born in Camp Pendleton, California, Adams began his love affair with movies as a child, developing an encyclopedic knowledge of cinema. When Adams enlisted in the Army after graduating high school, he brought his love of film (and extensive DVD collection) with him, and often entertained his fellow soldiers by quoting movie lines and monologues from films such as Rambo, Patton, Heartbreak Ridge and The Karate Kid.
During one such performance two years into his service, Adams’s ability to memorize and recite long passages impressed one of his commanding officers, and soon the M-3 Gustav gunner and team leader in the 1st Ranger Battalion found himself on his way to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. While a cadet at West Point, Adams became well-known for his knowledge of film, organizing movie nights, and making short films, such as the spoof Temptation Barracks, to make his fellow cadets laugh.
After graduating as a Second Lieutenant in June 2001, Adams became an officer in the 3rd Infantry Division, and upon his deployment to Iraq, where he took part in the initial ground invasion, Adams was assigned as commander of his battalion’s Quick Reaction Force.
Following his honorable discharge from the Army in 2006, Adams studied film production at Florida State University, receiving a Masters of Fine Arts degree in 2008. He began his career writing and directing short films such as Paternity Test (which he also edited), Precious Cargo (which was his MFA Florida State thesis), and Saint Nick. He also worked as the cinematographer and editor on the shorts, Harvest Moon and Exposure.
Adams also worked as a writer’s production assistant and personal video playback assistant to filmmaker Martin Scorsese for the pilot episode of the critically acclaimed HBO® series “Boardwalk Empire”. Adams continued to work on the series as a camera assistant for episodes 2-12, and credits its award-winning creator, writer-producer Terence Winter (“Sopranos”) and writer-director-executive producer Timothy Van Patten mentors.
CREDITS
LIONSGATE PREMIERE
GRINDSTONE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP and
EMMETT FURLA OASIS FILMS
Present
In Association with
THE FYZZ FACILITY
In Association with
RPI, LLC
An
EMMETT FURLA OASIS FILMS
Production
In Association with
SILVER PLANE FILMS, TRIVISION PICTURES, INC. and
MASS HYSTERIA ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY, INC.
A Film by
SCOTT MANN
HEIST
Directed by
SCOTT MANN
Story by
STEPHEN CYRUS SEPHER
Screenplay by
STEPHEN CYRUS SEPHER and MAX S. ADAMS
Produced by
RANDALL EMMETT, p.g.a.
GEORGE FURLA, p.g.a.
Produced by
WAYNE MARC GODFREY
ROBERT JONES
Produced by
STEPHEN CYRUS SEPHER
ALEXANDER TABRIZI
Executive Producers
BARRY BROOKER
STAN WERTLIEB
Executive Producers
DAVID GILBERY
MARK STEWART
ANTHONY JABRE
STEVEN GALANIS
VANCE OWEN
ADAM GOLDWORM
Executive Producers
BETH HOLDEN GARLAND
DANIEL GRODNIK
MONTGOMERY BLENCOWE
TED FOX
COREY LARGE
Director of Photography
BRANDON COX
Production Designer
THOMAS WILLIAM HALLBAUER
Editor
ROBERT DALVA, ACE
Co-Producers
TIM SULLIVAN
GUS FURLA
ANTHONY CALLIE
RYAN BLACK
Line Producer
WILLIAM B. STEAKLEY
Original Score by
JAMES EDWARD BARKER and TIM DESPIC
Music Supervisor
MIKE BURNS
Starring
JEFFREY DEAN MORGAN
ROBERT DE NIRO
KATE BOSWORTH
GINA CARANO
MARK-PAUL GOSSELAAR
D.B. SWEENEY
LYDIA HULL
TYLER J. OLSON
with MORRIS CHESTNUT
and DAVE BAUTISTA
Unit Production Manager MARY C. RUSSELL
First Assistant Director JONATHAN SOUTHARD
Second Assistant Director KIM BARNARD
Co-Executive Producers
LOTTIE ABRAHAMS
ARNAUD LANNIC
CHRISTOPHE LANNIC
BABAK EFTEKHARI
Associate Producers
CAM CANNON
HAYLEY ARABIA
MICHAEL J. URANN
CAST
Pope ROBERT DE NIRO
Vaughn JEFFREY DEAN MORGAN
Cox DAVE BAUTISTA
Sydney KATE BOSWORTH
Kris GINA CARANO
Dog MORRIS CHESNUT
Pauline LYDIA HULL
Marconi MARK-PAUL GOSSELAAR
Dante STEPHEN CYRUS SEPHER
Bernie D.B. SWEENEY
Steve TYLER J. OLSON
Rebecca ALYSSA JULYA SMITH
Tom HAWN TRAN
Eric CHRISTOPHER ROB BOWEN
Tagger RENELL GIBBS
Virginia ASHLEY VALENZUELA
Riley ELIZABETH WINDLEY
Mickey TYSON SULLIVAN
Little Boy COLIN LAWLESS
Captain Jerry JERRY HOVEN
Forbes SCOTT HERMAN
Anchorman MICHAEL BRANNON
Jono RITCHIE MONTGOMERY
Police Dispatcher RON GOLEMAN
Cristal SUMMER ALTICE
Michaels LANCE E. NICHOLS
Isabel (Nurse) COURTNEY B. TURK
Doctor ROBERT ABERDEEN
Mandy RACHEL KERBS
Grant JOSHUA MIKEL
Heather STEPHANIE MARRERO
Dave DEREK DU CHESNE
Waitress ALEXIS STERLING
Lin Tao HAN SOTO
Julie ROSIE FELLNER
Tim STAN FITCH
STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator KEITH ADAMS
Vaughn Stunt Double AARON MATTHEWS
RONN SURELS
Kris Stunt Double JENNIFER CAPUTO
Dog Stunt Double PHILIP FORNAH
Bernie Stunt Double TIM BELL
Stunt Utilities ALEXANDER J. CAPUTO
TRACE CHERAMIE
JEFF BROCKTON
KARL VAN MOORSEL
DEVEN MACNAIR
STANTON BARRETT
STEPHEN CONROY
ERIC STRATAMEIER
BILL FLAHERTY
Russian Arm Driver GRADY BISHOP
Physical Production ANTHONY CALLIE
Executive Post Production BEAU J. GENOT
Supervisor
Production Coordinator IAN NAVRAN
Assistant Production AMANDA M. DAVIS
Coordinator
Travel Coordinator JENNIFER C. WILBERT
Office Production Assistant KELI MAZZA
STEPHEN BAUGHMAN
ANNIE RHODES
JAMES BURKE
2nd 2nd Assistant Director MAGGIE BALLARD
Director of Production/ CHASE ROBINSON
Canal Productions
“A” Camera Operator/ DAN DE CASTRO
Steadicam Operator
“A” Camera 1st Assistant TOM FITZGERALD
“A” Camera 2nd Assistant GEOFFREY WATERS
“B” Camera 1st Assistant WADE WHITLEY
“B” Camera 2nd Assistant TIMOTHY DIXON
Digital Utility NATHANIEL NUON
Script Supervisor NICK DIROSA
Second Unit Director of SEAMUS TIERNEY
Photography
Second Unit First Assistant KIM BARNARD
Director
Second Unit 1st Assistant ALAN KEFFER
Second Unit 2nd Assistant ALEX WATERS
Unit Publicist JEAN MARIE MURPHY
Still Photographer SAM EMERSON
Sound Mixer BJ LEHN
Boom Operator JEFF BLEHR
JERRID JONES
Sound Utility ADAM TAYLOR
Gaffer RICHARD RAMMEE
Best Boy Electrician CHRIS MURRAY
Electricians LYLE WESTON
GLEN FENDLEY
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