Writer Damon Lindelof (TV’s Lost, World War Z, Prometheus) and his fellow The Leftovers’ collaborator Nick Cuse bring audiences on The Hunt, a new politically charged action-thriller from director Craig Zobel (Z for Zachariah, The Leftovers).

While details continue to be kept under wraps, Bloody Disgusting exclusively revealed that the film is about a bunch of working-class individuals being hunted down Battle Royale style. It was described to me as 1953’s The Most Dangerous Game meets Battle Royale with shades of Belko Experiment. Collider confirmed this by adding:

“The film follows a group of ‘rednecks’ who are captured and hunted for sport by rich, liberal elites.”

While the cast already includes Justin Hartley, Emma Roberts, Betty Gilpin and Glenn Howerton, TheWrap reports that Jim Klock (Green Book, pictured above), Charli Slaughter (“The Haunting of Hill House”), and Dean West (The Highwaymen) are joining Universal Pictures’ action-thriller that’s now scheduled to release on October 18, 2019.

Jason Blum produces for his Blumhouse Productions (Get Out, Split, The Purge series), alongside Lindelof for his White Rabbit shingle. Cuse and Zobel executive produce.