Britt Robertson Joins Kellan Lutz in Faith-Based Survival Thriller The Rescue

Britt Robertson has joined Kellan Lutz in the cast of The Rescue, a faith-based survival thriller, according to Deadline, which reported the casting on 11 November 2026.

A survival thriller puts its characters in a dangerous situation and follows how they get through it. A faith-based film is one built around religious belief and themes. Joining a film means an actor has agreed to appear in it, and the casting is one of the first public steps in putting a project together.

Production is scheduled to begin in New Zealand in February 2027, Deadline reported. That is about three months after the casting news, and it gives the film a fixed start point on the production calendar.

The Rescue will be directed by Darren Simmonds and Jared van Berkel. Van Berkel also wrote the screenplay and will produce the film alongside Simon Ambridge and Anton Steel. Producers are the people who bring together the money, the crew and the schedule, so a writer taking on that role too is a sign of how closely the project is being shaped from the page up.

The film's sales will continue at the American Film Market, known as AFM, Deadline also reported. AFM is a film market where companies that sell movies offer projects to distributors from different countries. Those buyers decide which films reach cinemas and streaming services in their own territories. Premiere Entertainment is the company handling sales, and Elias Axume is its chief executive, according to the same report.

For a faith-based film, the market is one of the places where its overseas prospects are tested before shooting begins. Deals made there are usually early, and they are the kind that give a film's backers a sense of where it might be seen.

The Rescue is at an early stage. The next public markers are the New Zealand shoot in February 2027 and whatever the sales team announces at and after AFM.