Callie Cooke, who played the struggling pit stop tire gunner in Brad Pitt’s racing movie F1, has landed the female lead opposite Keanu Reeves in Warner Bros.’ untitled action movie being directed by Tim Miller.
Nicholas Duvernay, Steven Waddington, Abraham Popoola, Bobby Holland Hanton and Anastasia Safonov have also joined the call sheet for the feature that began production this week.
The water-centric feature, which was titled Shiver when Warners picked it up last fall and is now simply being referred to as the untitled Tim Miller/Keanu Reeves film, is shooting in the Dominican Republic and using massive water tanks for the sea-set sequences before moving to the U.K.
Ian Shorr wrote the script for Shiver, which has been described as having shades of Edge of Tomorrow, the Tom Cruise sci-fi movie about a soldier trapped in a time loop during an alien invasion, and The Shallows, the Blake Lively shark survival movie.
The story sees a smuggler (Reeves) trapped in a time loop after a deadly double-cross while on a job in the Caribbean Sea, resulting in him surrounded by bodies, hostile mercenaries and thirsty sharks alike.
Cooke is the movie’s female lead, a scientist. The other actors are playing characters ranging from shipmates to mercenaries.
Matthew Vaughn, Aaron Ryder, Andrew Swett and John Zaozirny are producing. Scott Lumpkin is exec producing.
Warners has set an Aug. 13, 2027, release date.
From left: Nicholas Duvernay, Steven Waddington, Abraham Popoola, Bobby Holland Hanton and Anastasia Safonov
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On top of F1, Cooke is known for her role as “Esther” in the popular BBC comedy series Cheaters, and in 2024 she guest-led an episode of Doctor Who opposite Ncuti Gatwa for BBC/Disney+. She is repped by Curtis Brown and Jackoway Austen.
Duvernay was recently seen in the third season of the Emmy‑nominated HBO series The White Lotus as well as Peacock hit drama Bel-Air. He will next be seen in Universal’s romantic drama Reminders of Him, based on Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel, and Amazon/MGM’s film The Love Hypothesis, opposite Lili Reinhart and Tom Bateman. Duvernay is repped by UTA, Rebel Creative Group and Yorn Levine.
Waddington currently stars as the ruthless “Earl of Huntington” in Robin Hood for Lionsgate TV/MGM+. Other credits include the Apple TV+ series Slow Horses and The Last of the Mohicans for Twentieth Century Fox. He is repped by 42 Management & Production.
Popoola’s recent credits include Slow Horses for Apple TV+, Netflix sci-fi action flick Atlas opposite Jennifer Lopez, and John Wick spinoff Ballerina for Lionsgate. Popoola is repped by IAG, Artists First, Independent Talent and Gang, Tyre.
Hanton is mainly known for his stunt work, with recent credits including Now You See Me: Now You Don’t for Lionsgate, Universal’s Argylle and Disney’s Thor: Love and Thunder. Upcoming films include the Untitled Jack Ryan Project and School Fight. He is repped by Project.
Safonov appears in Jamie Marshall’s upcoming feature Eternity opposite William H. Macy and Greg Kinnear and will be seen in the indie Floating Carousel directed by Delilah Napier. She is repped by
by Seven Summits Pictures & Management and Schreck Rose.
