We can report new details regarding Babak Najafi's upcoming action thriller The Florist, which we can confirm stars Kiefer Sutherland (24, Melancholia) and Jean Reno (Léon: The Professional).
The Florist tells the story of Carl Rikker, a mild-mannered horticulturalist who harbours a hidden life as an assassin. One day he finds his true identity jeopardised when he befriends a witness to police corruption. Here is the logline in full:
A seemingly mild-mannered florist, more at home with his many plants than with people, lives a secret double life as a ruthless assassin. When a young girl seeks his help, the florist's life is thrown into disarray when he gives her shelter at his vast tropical glasshouse. These two people, who have only ever known loneliness, must now learn to work together as we are thrown into an action-packed spectacle as corrupt forces intent on killing the girl move ever closer...
Sutherland stars as Rikker, the titular florist, with Reno playing the yet-to-be-named witness whom Rikker befriends. The film is due to begin shooting in New Jersey later in March.
The screenplay comes from writers Eran Creevy (Welcome to the Punch) and Scott Windhauser (The Hurricane Heist). A release date and distribution plan have yet to be announced.