Woody Harrelson Joins Assassin Thriller Kate

Woody Harrelson

by Owen Williams |
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Announced back in April as "Cate", the newly re-spelled Kate is an upcoming action thriller with Mary Elizabeth Winstead already confirmed in the lead role. She'll now, we learn, be joined at the top of the cast by Woody Harrelson.

Cedric Nicolas-Troyan is in the director's chair for this one, working from a script by Umair Aleem. Kate once again brings up the cinematic idea that the life of a hitman – or hitwoman in this case – is not an easy one, riffing on DOA and Crank as Winstead's main character finds herself poisoned and, with the clock ticking down on her final 24 hours, must hunt her murderer through the streets of Tokyo.

Harrelson's role is unspecified as yet, but him as the principal villain of the piece sounds fun.

Netflix has had the rights to this one since 2017, but the cameras will finally start rolling later this year. Before that, we'll next see Winstead in Gemini Man, landing 11 October this year, and Harrelson in Zombieland: Double Tap on 18 October.

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