Blumhouse Reveals Cast of New Bunker Horror AMERICAN REFUGEE

Josh Millican |

May 6, 2021

EPIX and Blumhouse have cast Erika Alexander, Derek Luke, and also Sam Trammell in lead roles for the upcoming film American Refugee.

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Synopsis:
The film tells the story of a family seeking shelter in a neighbor’s bunker (Trammell). Meanwhile, the American economy is in collapse and the nation under martial law. There they find the danger inside is potentially greater than the danger outside.

Alexander is a two-time winner of the NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Living Single). And also recently garnered a fourth nomination for Outstanding Guest Performance in a Comedy or Drama Series for Black Lightning. She costars in the HULU series Wu Tang: An American Saga. And will also next be seen starring in the Starz/Lionsgate comedy series, Run the World. She is co-founder of Color Farm Media, and also the producer of the 2021 NAACP Best Documentary, John Lewis: Good Trouble.

Luke (13 Reasons Why & The Americans) is an Independent Spirit Award winner for Best Male Lead (Antwone Fisher) and has also been nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture (Miracle at St. Anna).

Trammell is a Tony Award nominee (Best Actor Featured Role in a revival of Eugene O’Neill’s Ah, Wilderness!) and Screen Actors Guild Award nominee for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for True Blood. Other credits also include The Fault in Our Stars and Homeland, among many others.

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Alexander and Luke have previously collaborated with Blumhouse – Alexander starred in Blumhouse Productions’ Get Out and Luke in the television series The Purge produced by Blumhouse Television and UCP based on the blockbuster film franchise.

The film introduces newcomer Peyton Jackson who made his big-screen debut in Tyler Perry’s Nobody’s Fool where he performed with Tiffany Haddish, Omari Hardwick, and Tika Sumpter. He is most known for his role as Drew on the OWN Network’s First Christmas, Eli on FOX’s The Resident, and Young Cecil in MGM’s Respect where he performed with Forest Whitaker, Audra McDonald, and Skye Dakota Turner.

The supporting cast includes Zamani Wilder (Blumhouse Television’s Sacred Lies), Jessi Case (Mother’s Day), and Vince Mattis (Halloween).

Emmy award-winning multi-hyphenate Ali LeRoi (The Obituary of Tunde Johnson) is directing the second film for the Blumhouse-Epix eight-movie slate from a script by Allison & Nicolas Buckmelter which won the distinguished Academy Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting. Production is underway in New Orleans.

Executive producers are Jason Blum, Chris McCumber and Jeremy Gold for Blumhouse, and Lisa Bruce.

We don’t have a trailer or release date at this time, but we’ll share them with you all as soon as they become available. Stay tuned and check back often!

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