Amazon has announced that Jolt, starring Kate Beckinsale (Underworld, The Widow), will be released on July 23.
Directed by Tanya Wexler and written by Scott Wascha, Jolt features a stellar lineup of stars, including Bobby Cannavale, Jai Courtney, Laverne Cox, David Bradley, Ori Pfeffer, Susan Sarandon, and Stanley Tucci.
Jolt follows Lindy, a badass bouncer with a slightly murderous anger-management problem that she controls with the help of an electrode-lined vest she uses to shock herself back to normalcy whenever she gets homicidal. After the first guy she’s ever fallen for is murdered, she goes on a revenge-fueled rampage to find the killer while the cops pursue her as their chief suspect.
David Bernardi and Les Weldon are producing via Millennium Media, with Sherryl Clark also serving as a producer on the Beckinsale brawler. Production for the project is expected to kick off in the UK and Sofia, Bulgaria in July, with Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, Jeffrey Greenstein, and Jonathan Yunger all producing for Millennium Media.
“Jolt is a kick-ass and painfully funny script,” Wexler said back in April 2019. “When I saw that Kate Beckinsale was attached to play the lead, I jumped at the opportunity to make the movie. This is the movie for right now — a revenge-action film for every woman (and man) who wants to turn their inner ‘Thelma & Louise’ up to 11.”
When commenting on the upcoming film, Millennium’s Greenstein added: “Jolt is just that: a shock to the system, and this film promises to be a wicked cocktail of action, humor, and style. I believe that this is the start of a fun franchise, and I am eager to see our director Tanya Wexler and star Kate Beckinsale bring this badass character and story to life. And it’s great to team up again with our friend and talented producer Sherryl Clark.”
Is anyone else getting some strong Crank vibes from this movie's premise? Here's hoping Jolt turns out to be as badass as Beckinsale herself.