Thanks to his well-publicized personal troubles, Mel Gibson will likely never reclaim his spot at the top of the Hollywood A-list that he held onto for three decades, but he's finding a new lease of life putting his signature grizzled charisma to effective use in a string of mid budget action thrillers.
Destin Daniel Cretton was always going to be a man in demand after the success of his Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbuster Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, which has been dominating the box office for last month and enjoyed the critical acclaim to back up its commercial accolades.
Chadwick Boseman and Netflix had struck up a solid working relationship, with the actor starring and executive producing 2016 revenge thriller Message from the King, while he lent support in Spike Lee's incendiary war drama Da 5 Bloods and delivered an Academy Award nominated performance in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, in what turned out to be his final live-action acting credit.