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Daniel MacPherson, who recently starred opposite Russell Crowe in “Beast,” has signed on for “Bluefly,” a science-fiction action thriller toplined by Crowe and Priyanka Chopra Jonas.

“Predators” filmmaker Nimród Antal is directing.

MacPherson will play Dugan, a Special Forces soldier toughened by years of combat, joining the film’s two leads.

The film unfolds in the Congo. Chopra Jonas plays a U.N. translator, still mourning a loss, who gets pulled into a secret operation to retrieve an enigmatic aircraft that has gone down.

The script comes from David Frigerio (“Beast”), William Eubank (“Underwater”) and Carlyle Eubank (“Muzzle”). The casting brings MacPherson back together with both Crowe and Frigerio following “Beast,” the mixed martial arts action film in which the two actors shared the screen and which Frigerio wrote.

Michael Jefferson is producing through Polite Society, alongside Frigerio via Broken Open Pictures, Deborah Glover of G2 Dispatch, Highland Film Group’s Arianne Fraser and Delphine Perrier, and Vanessa Yao Guo. Guy Davies, RuthAnne Frigerio, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Jason Kringstein, Katie Leary, Scott Levenson and James Norbury serve as executive producers.

Cameras are set to roll shortly on Australia’s Gold Coast, where principal photography on the Congo-set story will take place.

Beyond “Beast,” MacPherson’s big-screen résumé includes “Land of Bad,” “Poker Face,” “A Wrinkle in Time,” “The Osiris Child” and “Infini.” His TV work spans “Foundation,” “Strike Back,” “APB” and “The Shannara Chronicles,” giving him a long track record in action and genre fare across both film and series.

MacPherson is represented by Entertainment 360, Buchwald and Benchmark Creative.