Harry Shum Jr., who currently stars in the Freeform fantasy series Shadowhunters, is joining the Escape Plan franchise. The former Glee star is set to appear in Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films‘ Escape Plan 3: Devil’s Station, along with Tyler Jon Olson and Sergio Rizzuto. Sylvester Stallone {returning|coming} as the {star|celebrity} with John Herzfeld is on board to direct from a script by Miles Chapman, who wrote the previously two pics.
In this story, the daughter of a Hong Kong tech executive goes missing in what seems to be a typical ransom job. As Breslin (Stallone) and his team dive deeper, they find out that the culprit is the deranged son of one of their former foes, who also kidnapped Breslin’s love and is keeping her captive inside a prison named Devil’s Station. Harry Shum Jr. will play Bao, who joins Breslin’s team on the rescue mission.
Watch the trailer for ‘Escape Plan 2’:
Randall Emmett, George Furla, Mark Canton and Zack Schiller will produce, while Ted Fox, Mark Stewart, Barry Brooker, Wayne Marc Godfrey and Stan Wertlieb exec produce. Lionsgate Premiere will release the film domestically and Leomus Pictures will also co-produce and distribute in China.
Shum Jr., who will co-star in Warner Bros’ Jon M. Chu-directed comedy Crazy Rich Asians, is repped by Innovative and Triniti Management.
