Dominic Monaghan and Freddy Rodriguez are set to star in a horror thriller, Fortuna.
Fortuna story takes place in 2100 where Earth is a collapsed economy and climate crises have eradicated the middle class, leaving a few very wealthy and the swarming masses in severe poverty. Offering hope to avoid a revolt, the privileged leaders create Fortuna, a mysterious game where one in a thousand wins a big payday and joins the upper classes. But their hidden goal to “reduce poverty” by 30% over 50 years comes with a deadly price tag.
Monaghan, Rodriguez and Fortuna writer-director Barthelemy Grossmann play forsaken men who decide to play the game in a nearby tower, despite misgiving that none of its contestants are ever seen again.
Filming begins in Sofia, Bulgaria with wretched, ghetto sets being built for the film, which is being compared to 1973’s post apocalyptic thriller Soylent Green starring the late Charlton Heston.
