Netflix Starts Production On THE HIGHWAYMAN

Netflix announced today that The Highwaymen from director John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side, Saving Mr. Banks, The Founder) commenced principal photography in Louisiana.

The feature film is produced by Casey Silver Productions, with Casey Silver (Godless, Mosaic) serving as producer. The cast is led by Academy Award(R) winner Kevin Costner (Molly's Game, Hidden Figures), Academy Award(R) nominee Woody Harrelson (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, The Hunger Games series), Academy Award(R) winner Kathy Bates (Disjointed, The Blind Side), John Carroll Lynch (The Founder, American Horror Story), Kim Dickens (Gone Girl, Fear of THE WALKING DEAD (tv series)), Thomas Mann (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Kong: Skull Island), and William Sadler (Power (tv series), The Shawshank Redemption, The Mist)

The Highwaymen is written by John Fusco (Hidalgo, The FORBIDDEN Kingdom), Academy Award(R) nominee Scott Frank (Godless, Out of Sight, Logan) and John Lee Hancock

Texas Ranger Frank Hamer and ex-partner Maney Gault are drawn out of retirement in a last-ditch effort to hunt down Bonnie and Clyde. Based on true events.

The film comes from executive producers Michael Malone, Kevin Costner, Rod Lake, and Woody Harrelson. The Netflix Film is slated for release in 2018.