Booboo Stewart Books Lead Role in 'Ryder' Indie Thriller Movie

Booboo Stewart‘s next role is going to be so much different from Jay in Descendants.

It was just announced that the 24-year-old actor will star as the title character in Ryder, an indie action-thriller movie, which will be directed by Ian Clay. Ken Morris of Cineglitch Entertainment will produce.

Ryder follows an outcast Texan teen hunting for revenge after a horrific attack against his girlfriend by a town bully.

The film is rooted in Ian’s childhood in rural Alberta (including time spent on a First Nations Reservation), and the film merges the traditions of the Western with a contemporary young-adult thriller set in a remote Texas town in the 1990s.

“The tone of the movie really intrigued me and drew me to the project” Booboo shared. “I love stories with a ‘slow burn’ and really connected with Ian. I loved his take on it.”

Principal photography will begin early Summer 2019 in Lucerne Valley and Big Bear, California.