EXCLUSIVE: Academy Award winner Mel Gibson ( The Passion of the Christ ) and Renata Notni ( Zorro ) have inked deals to join Esai Morales in Coyote , the border thriller from filmmaker Per Prinz on which we were recently first to report .

Pic tells the gritty story of Hernán Barroca (Morales), 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.

Gibson plays Jack Bradley, a weathered U.S. Army Sergeant

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