Walking Dead actor Ryan Hurst joins Danny Peykoff's Out Come the Wolves

Sons of Anarchy and Walking Dead actor Ryan Hurst has been announced for Danny Peykoff's directorial debut, Out Come the Wolves. The film, which is set during the East Bay punk music scene, also stars Walking Dead alum Cassady McClincy Zhang.

Director Danny Peykoff, known for his work on Kevin Costner's series of Horizon films, co-wrote the story with Jason and Jamie Neese (Umbrella Academy, Cruel Summer). Filming for the project recently began in Portland, Oregon and a casting call was made for background punk actors who were instructed to “Be sure to include photos with your best punk look and outfit.”

The Hollywood Reporter recently announced Hurst, Giancarlo Esposito, Harold Perrineau, and Taryn Manning have been added to the previously announced cast, Zhang, Orlando Norman, Spence Moore II, Heidi Grace Engerman. West Mullholland, Sam Rechner, and Curran Walters have also been cast in the movie.

Out Comes the Wolves follows Norman, Moore, Engerman and Zhang, a group of friends with a strong bond, during the 1990s East Bay punk scene. They long to escape the violence and desperation of their city to fulfill their dreams.

Esposito has been cast as a ruthless mid-level kingpin with Perrineau as Moore's father who desires his son to become a professional baseball player. Norman's mother is portrayed by Manning, a woman who makes it well known that she never wanted a child. And Hurst plays a homeless addict with prophetic insight.

Out Comes the Wolves official Synopsis:

"Set against the East Bay punk music scene in the mid 1990s, Wolves is a story of grit and dreams in a world of violence and desperation. Norman, Moore, Engerman and Zhang play a tight-knit group of high school friends vying to escape the blighted city in which they live. Getting away isn’t so easy, however, when the streets are full of metaphorical predators and prophets at every turn and the story, following the teens, will ask who manages to get away and who will be devoured when the wolves come out to hunt."

What else does Ryan Hurst star in?

Hurst made a name for himself in his portrayal of Opie Winston in the FX series Sons of Anarchy. He has also been praised for his role as Beta in The Walking Dead.

His most recent roles include the sci-fi thriller, Desert Road, the Southern Noir thriller Desperation Road, and as Terry Luca in seasons 3-6 of S.W.A.T. Hurst also portrayed Milligan in Disney's adventure drama The Mysterious Benedict Society.

Hurst has been cast in Neflix's The Abandons, which also stars fellow TWDU alum Michael Greyeyes. The series is a Western chronicling the journey of families pursuing Manifest Destiny in Oregon in the 1950s. The series has recently made headlines with the departure of Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter, who served as creator, showrunner, and executive producer. According to Deadline, filming for the series was only weeks from wrapping.

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