Written by Conor Allyn and his father Rob (Hearts of Freedom), the upcoming indie thriller Java Heat follows a mysterious American with anti-Islamic tendencies teaming up with a Muslim cop in order to catch a group of jewel theives/terrorists in Southeast Asia, and has just added The Wrestler’s Mickey Rourke to its cast list.
Rourke has signed on to play one of the jewel thieves; the man behind the terrorist’s plans; in the Conor Allyn directed film that’s also due to star Christian Bale (The Dark Knight), Kevin Spacey (American Beauty), and Kellan Lutz (Twilight), and has already entered production.
Matt Wheeldon.
Source: Variety.
