Sylvester Stallone‘s John Rambo takes on the Mexican cartel in Rambo: Last Blood, which is now filming. Deadline updates today that Oscar Jaenada has come aboard.
Sergio Peris-Mencheta (“Snowfall”) will be playing Rambo’s latest adversary. The actor will play the cartel’s brutal leader, Hugo Martinez.
Paz Vega, Adriana Barraza, Joaquin Cosio and Yvette Monreal will also star.
“In the fifth episode of franchise, when the daughter of one of his friends is kidnapped, Rambo, who has been working on a ranch, crosses the U.S.-Mexican border and quickly finds himself up against the full might of one of Mexico’s most violent cartels.”
Adrian Grunberg is directing from a script by Matt Cirulnick and Stallone.