Lydia Peckham, Roimata Fox & Branscombe Richmond Join Amazon MGM’s Action Comedy ‘The Wrecking Crew’

EXCLUSIVE: Lydia Peckham (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes), Roimata Fox (Chief of War) and Branscombe Richmond (Renegade) have joined the cast of The Wrecking Crew, Amazon MGM Studios‘ action comedy from Blue Beetle helmer Ángel Manuel Soto.

Details as to the trio’s roles are under wraps. As previously announced, Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa lead the ensemble, which also includes Claes Bang, Temuera Morrison, Jacob Batalon, Frankie Adams, Miyavi, Stephen Root, and Morena Baccarin.

Set to enter production in New Zealand in October, The Wrecking Crew centers on a pair of half-brothers — one, a loose-cannon cop (Momoa), and the other, a disciplined Navy SEAL (Bautista). After 20-odd years of bad blood, the duo must work together to unravel the conspiracy behind their father’s murder in Hawaii.

After seeing Bautista and Momoa sell MGM on a pitch following a four-bidder battle in the fall of 2021, as we were first to report, Jonathan Tropper came aboard to pen the script. Lynn Harris and Matt Reeves are producing for 6th & Idaho, along with Bautista, Momoa and Jeffrey Fierson.

Most recently, Peckham has been seen starring in Wes Ball’s 20th Century Studios tentpole Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, which grossed over $397M worldwide. Previously guest starring on the series Cowboy Bebop and Mr. Corman, she’ll next be seen in James Vanderbilt’s historical thriller Nuremberg, toplined by Russell Crowe, Michael Shannon, and Rami Malek.

Next to be seen starring opposite Jason Momoa on the Apple series Chief of War, Fox is perhaps best known stateside for a role on Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop. She voices Frida Kahlo in Disney’s Coco Reo Māori, established herself locally in New Zealand with such films as Waru and Muru, and also has the New Zealand series A Remarkable Place to Die coming up.

Richmond is an actor, producer, director, and stuntman best known for playing Bobby Sixkiller on the long-running USA series, Renegade, for which he also directed several episodes. Recent acting credits include NCIS: Hawai’i, Chicago Med, and the newly-released indie, At Her Feet.

Peckham is repped by Atlas Artists, Innovative Artists, Johnson and Laird Management in New Zealand, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller; Fox by Auckland Actors in New Zealand; and Richmond by the Alexander White Agency.