Variety reports that the three actors have picked up the lead next to a live grizzly that is the focus of the film. Marsden and Jane are set to play two estranged brothers on a camping trip with their girlfriends. In their attempt to reconcile in the wilderness, things go terribly wrong and they are attacked, and then stalked by a bear. Thankfully Thornton's "legendary bear expert and hunter" is able to help out.
David Hackl(Saw V) will direct the film with a script from J.R. Reher. Hackl said "In Red Machine I want to examine the thrill of very real fear. An audience is more easily drawn in by a story that they consider plausible and relatable -- something that could actually take place in the real world. Just by the premise you know something bad is going to happen."
