EXCLUSIVE: Rose Leslie (Game Of Thrones), Andreas Pietschmann (Nuremberg), and Daniel Zovatto (Don’t Breathe) are joining Oscar winner Russell Crowe in action-drama The Last Druid, which will begin production on June 8 in Barcelona and the Canary Islands, Spain.

A quarter century after Crowe waged war on the Roman Empire in Gladiator, the actor is once again set to stir the warrior within. The movie will tell the story of a Roman Emperor who discovers a secluded Druid stronghold in the mountains of Caledonia. A peaceful Celtic elder (Crowe) must take up arms to protect his family and people from annihilation.

William Eubank (Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin) is directing from a script by Eubank, Phil Gawthorne (Modern Life is Rubbish) and Carlyle Eubank (Muzzle).

Pic is being produced by Adrián Guerra (Buried), Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Longlegs), Fred Berger (La La Land) and Ben Pugh (The Courier), and executive-produced by Núria Valls, Xavier Parache, AJ Bourscheid, Brandon Millan, Sam Wasson, George Hsieh and Stuart Ford.

As we previously revealed, Stuart Ford’s AGC has pre-sold the film in multiple international markets, including to Amazon for a handful of territories. The company will continue dealmaking on the film at this week’s Cannes market.

Crew includes director of photography Agustin Claramunt (Land of Bad), production designer Laia Colet (Bird Box: Barcelona), costume designer Alberto Valcárcel (The Embassy), special effects supervisor Pau Costa (Den of Thieves: Pantera) and line producer Rubén Gómez.

Range Media Partners and CAA Media Finance arranged financing for the picture with Nostromo Pictures and are representing the U.S. rights. AGC international is handling sales in the rest of the world.