The Zealot is an upcoming American thriller directed by Vadim Perelman, based on the 2016 play Damascus by Bennett Fisher.
It stars Kodi Smit-McPhee and Djimon Hounsou.
[1] Hounsou plays Hassan, a Somali-American shuttle driver who gets an offer from a mysterious passenger to take him from Minneapolis to Chicago.
Unbeknownst to Hassan, his passenger has a dark and potentially catastrophic purpose.
WestEnd Films announced the project at Cannes.