A year after the project was initially announced, they’ve taken the lens cap off Jason Momoa thriller The Last Manhunt with filming due to commence September 16 in southeastern California, Bloody Disgusting learned.
The story of Willie Boy, a young man who in 1909 returned to his reservation to be with his beloved, only to accidentally kill her father in self-defense, leading to one of the biggest manhunt’s in history, will be directed by actor and filmmaker Christian Camargo.
Momoa is producing the film alongside Martin Kistler and Brian Mendoza.
Set at the start of the twentieth century, the thrilling story plays somewhat like a Shakespearean tragedy where a bloody double murder and suicide spawn catastrophic events.
The Willie Boy story has been told in numerous books and films, including “Tell Them Willie Boy is Here” (1969), with Robert Blake starring as Willie Boy and Robert Redford as the local Banning sheriff hot on his tail.
Director Camargo is perhaps best known for his role as Rudy Cooper on Showtime’s “Dexter” and for his role in the Twilight films. He also co-stars opposite Momoa in the Apple series “See”.
Production on The Last Manhunt takes place in such locations as Joshua Tree, Banning and Twentynine Palms until mid-October.