Young Abraham Attah was unexpectedly thrust into the limelight after his outstanding performance in ‘Beasts of No Nation’ won him the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor at Venice Film Festival earlier this year.

And the young Ghanaian has no intention of wasting the talent that has surely been awakened now by that chance encounter with Cary Fukunaga. His profile has risen tremendously, and another Hollywood role beckons as a result.

Attah has been cast in the upcoming movie ‘The Modern Ocean’. Production starts next year, and director Shane Carruth has assembled a heavyweight cast for the marine flick. Aside Attah, the movie stars Keanu Reeves (The Matrix), Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Anne Hathaway (Interstellar)- as well as Chloe Grace, Asa Butterfield and Tom Holland. Quite the cast.

“The film is a drama about a competition in the shipping industry, and will follow a group of traders as they battle over ocean territory and the most valuable shipping routes” was how the Nerdist put it.

“The film will take place in New York, Mumbai, Western Africa, Israel, Greece, the Mediterranean, and the Suez Canal. (Director) Carruth claimed that it will show ‘full scale naval battles using improvised weapons on cargo ships.’”