Two projects filming in New Mexico during March

• Projects employ New Mexicans

A new movie and a pilot will be filming in New Mexico.

“Running with the Devil," produced by Michael Mendelsohn/Patriot Pictures ("Cut Throat City," "Hangman," "Zeroville," "USS Indianapolis," "I Am Wrath," "Lord of War," "Air Force One," "The Matrix," and "Reservoir Dogs") and Jim Steele, will film during the month of March and will employ about 90 New Mexico crew members, 30 actors and stunt performers and 150 background talent.

Mike Nilon, Etchie Stroh and Natalie Perrotta are Executive Producers. Carlos Osorio and Juan Diego Villegas are Co-Producers. Juan Pablo Solano is a Co-Producer and Line Producer. Kristopher Wynne is a Line Producer.

Stunt performers will included Keith Jardine ("Jurassic World," "Inherent Vice," "John Wick," "Logan," "Transcendence"), Sarah Minnich ("Better Caul Saul," "Waco," "Godless"), Luce Rains ("Hostiles," "Transcendence", "No Country for Old Men," "3:10 to Yuma"), and Marie Wagenman ("Godless").

"We're proud to welcome another exciting production to New Mexico," New Mexico Film Office Director Nick Maniatis said. "New Mexico's diverse and beautiful landscapes, our depth of talent and infrastructure, and our powerful film incentives make our state a perfect fit for productions of all genres."

The production stars Nicolas Cage ("Leaving Las Vegas," "Face/Off," "National Treasure," "Gone in 60 Seconds"), Laurence Fishburne ("John Wick Chapter 2," "The Matrix" and sequels, "Passengers," "Ant-Man and the Wasp," "Batman V Superman," "Mystic River"), Leslie Bibb ("Iron Man," "Iron Man 2," "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby"), Barry Pepper (Emmy Award Winner for "The Kennedys," "Maze Runner" franchise, "The Lone Ranger," "Saving Private Ryan," "True Grit") Adam Goldberg ("Fargo," "Saving Private Ryan," "A Beautiful Mind," "The Prophecy"), Clifton Collins Jr. ("Traffic," "Capote," "Westworld"), Cole Hauser (Independent Spirit Award winner for "Tigerland," "Olympus has Fallen," "The Chronicles of Riddick," "2 Fast 2 Furious," "Dazed and Confused," "Good Will Hunting"), and Peter Facinelli ("Twilight" franchise, "Nurse Jackie," "The Scorpion King," "Supergirl").

Written and directed by Jason Cabell (a highly decorated Navy Seal Combat Veteran), "Running With The Devil" draws on Jason Cabell's real-life Navy Seal experiences when assigned to work with the DEA in Colombia's coca drug fields.

 
"I'm humbled and honored to bring this timely story to life with such an amazing ensemble. From the battlefields of Iraq to here has been a surreal path following the American dream," writer/director Jason Cabell stated.

"The New Mexico Film Director Nick Maniatis, Leslie Fleming-Mitchell, and their team, along with Ann Lerner from the Albuquerque Film Office have been extremely helpful in production logistics in New Mexico," producer Jim Steele said. “We are grateful to the local cast and crew and excited to be working in Albuquerque and the surrounding areas."

In a second enterprise, the "Untitled Roswell Project," a new pilot for Warner Bros. Television / Palladin Productions LLC, will begin principal photography in mid-March through the end of March in Albuquerque.

"We're excited to welcome another production highlighting New Mexico's unique history," Maniatis said. "With strong tools, infrastructure, as well as unique stories and landscapes, New Mexico is a perfect location for any production."

 The production will employ 90 New Mexico crew members and about 800 New Mexico background talent. 

 The "Untitled Roswell Project" is produced by My So-Called Company, Amblin Television and Bender Brown Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. Carina Adly MacKenzie ("The Originals") wrote the pilot script and serves as executive producer along with Julie Plec ("The Vampire Diaries," "The Originals"), Justin Falvey ("The Americans"), Darryl Frank ("The Americans"), Lawrence Bender ("Pulp Fiction") and Kevin Kelly Brown ("Roswell"). It is based on the Roswell High book series, written by Melinda Metz.

 Starring Jeanine Mason ("Gray's Anatomy"), Nathan Parsons ("The Originals"), Michael Vlamis, Lily Cowles ("BrainDead"), Michael Trevino ("The Vampire Diaries"), Tyler Blackburn ("Pretty Little Liars"), Heather Hemmens ("Hellcats"), the "Untitled Roswell Project" is the story of a daughter of immigrants who, after reluctantly returning to her hometown of Roswell, New Mexico, discovers a shocking truth about her teenage crush who is now a police officer.

He's an alien who has kept his unearthly abilities hidden his entire life. She protects his secret as the two reconnect and begin to investigate his origins, but when a violent attack and long-standing government cover-up point to a greater alien presence on Earth, the politics of fear and hatred threaten to expose him and destroy their deepening romance.