Neil Burger, who last directed Daisy Ridley in the gritty thriller The Marsh King’s Daughteris delving into series deal with Motorheadsa soapy auto-themed drama for Prime Video.
Hamburger is helming the kickoff episode, presently shooting, along with the 2nd. He will likewise act as officer manufacturer.
Motorheads stars Ryan Phillippe as a previous NASCAR mechanic who now runs his own automobile body store in a Rustbelt town in Pennsylvania. He deals with monetary insecurity while likewise residing in the shadow of a notorious bro, however ends up being the linchpin of a group of multigenerational outsiders who form a not likely relationship over their love of vehicles.
Nathalie Kelley (The Baker and the BeautyMichael Cimino (Never ever Have I Everand Melissa Collazo (Among United States Is Lyingare likewise on the call sheet.
The series is composed and executive produced by John A. Norris, works as showrunner. It is likewise executive produced by Jason Seagraves, Ruben Fleischer (who was initially slated to direct the very first episode) and Jake Fuller.
Ryan Zaragoza will work as co-executive manufacturer and producing director. The series is produced by Jax Media and Amazon MGM Studios.
Hamburger is understood for his motion picture work, that includes the well-regarded magician drama The Illusioniststarring Edward Norton and Paul Giamatti, and Divergentpart of the movie series adjusting the very popular books by Veronica Roth and starring Shailene Woodley. And obviously, there was Endlessthe hit Relativity Media thriller starring Bradley Cooper that begat a brief CBS television series.
This isn’t the very first brush with episodic work for Burger, who next has the Phoebe Dynevor-starring spy thriller Inheritance originating from IFC. He formerly directed installations of the Showtime drama Billionsamongst them the pilot and last episode. He was likewise an officer manufacturer on the series.
He is repped by CAA and Nomad Story.