EXCLUSIVE: Esai Morales ( Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning and The Final Reckoning ) has been cast as the lead in the new film, Coyote .

Directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Per Prinz, Coyote tells the gritty story of Hernán Barroca, a weathered ex-smuggler pulled back into the dangerous world he thought he had left behind. When Hernán helps Julia and her young daughter, Maribel, navigate treacherous borderlands, their desperate journey triggers the wrath of a ruthless trafficking syndicate. As the past and present collide—with U.S. Border Patrol agent Bradley joining the pursuit—Hernán must rely on his cunning and grit to survive and find redemption.

Prinz wrote the film with Adam J. Goldstein.

“Hernán is the perfect role for Esai, an exceptionally powerful actor abl

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