EXCLUSIVE: Sydney Agudong (Lilo & Stitch), Henry Ian Cusick (Lost), Mahina Napoleon (The Walking Dead: Dead City), and Tori Anderson (NCIS: Hawai’i) are among leading cast in Hawai’i-set adventure comedy The Tourist Curse.

Also starring are Ta’imua, Kimee Balmilero, Jason Antoon, Mele’iwa Silva, Dionysio Basco, Rebecca Creskoff, Seana Kofoed, Celia Kenney, and Stephen Hill.

Alexander Bocchieri (Go For Broke) has signed on to direct the misadventure-comedy with a creature feature twist. Filming is due to begin this month.

Set against the backdrop of an unnamed Hawaiian island, the PG-13-aimed movie is about a group of game show contestants sent to a mysterious location and tasked with finding a missing artifact, who inadvertently awaken the local creature, turning their tropical treasure hunt into a cross island fight for survival.”

Written and produced by Seana Kofoed (ClearMind), the film is also produced by Gerard Elmore, VP of Film at NMG Network, and Henry Joe Productions’ Annie Cusick Wood (Salvador). Casting is led by Hoffman Bernstein Casting.

Linda Nichols will executive-produce alongside Robert Nichols and Michael Glassner, and in partnership with O’ahu’s Kualoa Ranch.

Sydney Agudong is repped by Gersh, and Trilogy Talent; Henry Ian Cusick is repped by Buchwald and Luber Roklin; Mahina Napoleon is with Innovative Artists and Polaris Creative Management; Tori Anderson is repped by Paradigm and Amplified.

Ta’imua is rep’d by Buchwald; Kimee Balmilero is repped by Innovative Artists and Established Artists; Jason Antoon is repped by BRS/Gage and Viking Entertainment; Mele’iwa Silva is repped by Bliss Models and Talent; Dionysio Basco is repped by Culbertson Group and Authentic Talent Management; Rebecca Creskoff is rep’d by Innovative and Framework Entertainment; Seana Kofoed is rep’d by AKA Talent and Meghan Schumacher Management; Celia Kenney is with ALA Hawai’i; and Stephen Hill is with Gray Talent Group.