Scott Adkins and Lewis Tan are keeping up the action star bromance and together will lead Deadlocked , about a deadly siege in which a group of jurors come under attack.

Pre-production on the pic is has begun, with Tan overseeing the action design in collaboration with a fight choreographer and Roel Reiné ( Classified ) directing. Collin Armstrong is the writer, with Film Mode Entertainment, Vault Entertainment, Rebel Entertainment and In Tandem Productions all attached. Production is slated for late this year.

Film Mode will introduce the project to buyers at the Cannes Film Festival as it launches worldwide sales.

The plot is based around a routine jury site visit that turns deadly when a mercenary kill team led by Hewitt (Adkins) storms the location in search of a secret ledger detailing citywide corruption.…