Tom Wilkinson has joined Samuel L. Jackson, Luke Kirby and Ruth Negga in the David Weaver-directed The Samaritan. The film is currently shooting in Toronto before moving to Rio de Janiero in late April.

The film also features cameos from Canadians Deborah Kara Unger (Crash, The Game) Gil Bellows (The Shawshank Redemption, Passchendaele) Tom McCamus (Cairo Time) Martha Burns (Blindness), and Diana LeBlanc (Stratford Festival Theatre).

Samaritan is produced by Andras Hamori, Suzanne Cheriton and Tony Wosk for Motion Pictures Production in association with Lumino Pictures, Middle Child Films and Quickfire Films. eOne distributes the film in Canada, Degeto in Germany, Videovision in South Africa and Ascot Elite in Switzerland.

Tom Wilkinson photo: Andre Luis.