Kate Beckinsale, Dermot Mulroney, Robert Knepper & Rapper Sticky Fingaz Lead Cast In Action-Thriller ‘Drifter’

EXCLUSIVE: Kate Beckinsale (Underworld), Dermot Mulroney (Chicago Fire), Robert Knepper (Prison Break) and rapper Sticky Fingaz are underway on action-thriller Drifter, which is filming on location throughout Cleveland and Northeast Ohio. Directed by Randall Emmett, the film also features Bill Sage, Beau Bommarito, Ema Horvath, Maia Kai, and entrepreneur and media personality John Cerasani. Set in a quiet Midwestern town, Drifter “follows Wendy Ford, an interim police chief determined to prove she’s worthy of her late father’s badge. After arresting a mysterious drifter with a hidden past, Wendy finds herself trapped inside her isolated police station when impostors posing as FBI agents and a heavily armed mercenary team launch a deadly assault to free one of her prisoners. Forced into an uneasy alliance with the enigmatic stranger, Wendy must uncover the truth behind the attack before her town, and everyone inside the station, is wiped out.” Drifter is produced and fully financed by Convergence Entertainment, the independent production and finance company founded by Randall Emmett and Joel Cohen, who also serve as producers on the film, in association with Dream Team Films. Watch on Deadline “We’re thrilled to begin production on Drifter and to be filming in Cleveland,” said director Emmett. “Working with Kate Beckinsale has been everything we hoped it would be. We’ve wanted to collaborate for a long time, and she has exceeded every expectation. Alongside Dermot, Robert, and the rest of this incredible cast, we’re creating something we’re truly proud of, and we can’t wait to share it with audiences.” Emmett’s latest action thriller, The Gentleman Thief, starring John Travolta, was released on July 28, 2026, by Vertical. The Hollywood vet, a producer on Oscar nominee The Irishman, Martin Scorsese’s Silence and Mark Wahlberg starrer Lone Survivor, was the subject in 2022 and 2023 of multiple allegations of industry wrongdoing, which he denied. Since then he has made multiple movies including Alarum with Sylvester Stallone and Scott Eastwood, and John Travolta starrer High Rollers. Emmett was previously repped by WME but around 18 months ago he and Convergence are understood to have signed with CAA.