First Look At Action-Thriller 'Mohawk' Starring WWE's Luke Harper

06/13/2017 05:43 pm EDT

The lineup for this year's Fantasia International Film Festival has been announced and, along with it, screenings of some of the most anticipated films of the year. Amongst the wide variety of films playing at the festival in Montreal are A Ghost Story, Jailbreak, Brigsy Bear, and Mohawk.

Mohawk marks the second feature film from Ted Geoghegan, whose debut feature, We Are Still Here, was a huge hit on the festival circuit.

The director describes his new film to Entertainment Weekly, saying, "Mohawk is an angry, breakneck chase through the forests of Colonial America — and a pursuit that gets stranger and stranger as it goes on."

You can get your first look at the film by checking out exclusive Entertainment Weekly photos.

The film's synopsis is as follows:

"Set in 1814, Geoghegan's film concerns two Mohawk warriors and their British lover who are pursued by murderous American military renegades hellbent on revenge."

Produced by Snowfort Pictures and Dark Sky Films, Mohawk costars Justin Rain (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse), Ezra Buzzington (the remake of The Hills Have Eyes), Ian Colletti (AMC's Preacher), Noah Segan (Looper), Robert Longstreet (Take Shelter), and Sherri Foster (The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt). Mohawk was written by Geoghegan and novelist Grady Hendrix.

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Wrestlers have a long history of starring in horror movies, going back to the '80s when wrestlers like "Rowdy" Roddy Piper starred in films like They Live and Hell Comes to Frogtown, in addition to Jesse "The Body" Ventura starring in Predator.

Considering their impressive physiques and natural charisma, Hollywood began to pick up on how valuable these entertainers were, adding them to films more regularly.

As wrestling continued to grow in popularity throughout the '90s, so did stars like Hulk Hogan, who starred in films like No Holds Barred and Suburban Commando.

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The partnership between wrestling and films became so successful, in fact, that the WWE began WWE Studios in 2002, producing a variety films starring their talent. The films focused mostly on action and horror, including films like See No Evil, The Marine, and The Condemned.

These WWE Studios films helped expose their stars to a much wider audience than just wrestling fans, helping make stars like Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and John Cena become household names. In fact, both of these entertainers have gone on to be some of the most recognizable, celebrated, and financially successful entertainers in the world.

The Fantasia International Film Festival kicks off July 13.

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