Esai Morales is living in the moment….
The 63-year-old Puerto Rican actor will star opposite Josh Bowman, Mariela Garriga, Ron Perlman and Orlando Jones in the thriller Live 2 Die.
Jesse Cove, Alyshia Osche, Maurice Compte, Alejandro De Hoyos, Tetiana Dar, José “Conejo” Martin, Guillermo Zapata and Christian Madsen also star.
Victor Rios is directing the film from a script by Jason Zimmatore.
The story is by Daniel Hayes.
A hardened LAPD detective (Bowman) investigating a string of missing persons uncovers a vast organ harvesting operation protected by powerful people.
The film will be produced by Jason Strickland, Jasmin Espada and Rios. Morales, Tony Sarandos, Nickie Davis, Daniel Hayes, Peter Lenkov, Charles Jones and Dr. Ed Haronian are executive producers.
“My eternal gratitude to Director and producer Victor Rios whose courage and sheer determination inspires me every day,” Espada. “His knowledge and love for film knows no bounds. His collaboration with the great cinematographer Gabriel Beristain in this film it is something to behold. The film noir genre has a new proponent.”