Power star Omari Hardwick has joined Halle Berry in The Mothership, a sci-fi adventure feature hailing from MRC Film, Automatik and Netflix.
Written and directed by Matt Charman, the film sees Halle Berry portraying the role of Sara Morse, a woman picking up the pieces following the mysterious disappearance of her husband when she discovers an extraterrestrial object beneath her farmland home. Sara and her children race to decipher the connection between this strange object and her husband’s disappearance.
The film will be produced by Fred Berger and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones of Automatik and executive produced by Danny Stillman.
Halle Berry is no stranger to sci-fi, starring as Molly Woods in the short-lived CBS sci-fi television series, Extant. Also, The Mothership isn’t the only sci-fi film Berry is slated the star in soon. The legendary actress will also star in the upcoming sci-fi Moonfall, which is slated to premiere in February 2022. It is directed by Roland Emmerich. Berry also stars in and directs the upcoming sports film, Bruised, also set at Netflix.
Hardwick is best known for his roles such as James “Ghost” St. Patrick in the Starz drama Power, as well as his role as Andre in Being Mary Jane and Vanderohe in Netflix’s Army Of The Dead.
Deadline first reported this news.