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Emmy Award-winning actor and writer Richard Gadd, multi-Emmy and SAG nominated actor Bill Camp and Oscar-nominated filmmaker and actor Ray McKinnon are joining “Rode to Ruin,” a Western thriller directed by Michael
Keaton.
Keaton also stars in the film, which is now in production in Santa Fe, New Mexico, along with Morgan Freeman and Laura Linney. Angel acquired worldwide rights and will release “Rode to Ruin” in theaters in 2027.
Also joining the cast are Chris Candy, Travis Hammer, Thom Rivera and Derek Hinkey.
“Richard, Ray and Bill are the kind of actors who make every scene better simply by being in it,” said producer Lori McCreary. “They each bring such specificity, humanity and truth to their work, and seeing them alongside Michael, Morgan and Laura is incredibly exciting. Avy Kaufman has helped us make this cast something very special.”
The story follows a retired U.S. Marshal whose 40-year search for his wife’s killer leads him to an aging outlaw losing his memory, and to a buried truth neither man may survive, according to the synopsis.
Gadd plays Clive McKinney, the young, dangerous, and charismatic head of an outlaw gang riding the territory in search of a rumored fortune and the man who destroyed his family.
“Rode to Ruin” is produced by McCreary, Keaton, Kelly Mendelsohn, Gary Lucchesi and Richard Gray for Freeman and McCreary’s Revelations Entertainment and Keaton’s George and Leona Productions.
R. Dean McCreary wrote the screenplay, and executive producers include Steve Sarowitz, Carter Boehm, Skip Herman, Blake Johnson, Randall Emmett and John Bommarito.
Gadd is represented by UTA, Individual Artist Management and Casarotto and Markham, Froggatt & Irwin. Camp is represented by UTA and Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo, P.C. McKinnon is represented by Paradigm, Anonymous Content and Skrzyniarz & Mallean.
Linney is represented by CAA, Lighthouse Management + Media, and Kevin Yorn; Keaton is represented by CAA and JSSK and Morgan Freeman is represented by CAA and Sloane, Offer, Weber and Dern.
