MUMBAI: Ray Winstone and Temuera Morrison will star in Tracker, a thriller that starts shooting soon in New Zealand.

The UK-New Zealand co-production is an action thriller about an ex-Boer war guerrilla who is given the task of capturing a Moari seafarer accused of killing a British soldier.

The film, scripted by the late Nicolas van Pallandt, will be directed by British director Ian Sharp.

The film, an Eden Films and T.H.W Film production in association with Phoenix Wiley & Liberty Films, has been backed by the UK Film Council, the New Zealand Film Commission, NZ On Air and private financier Natixis Coficine.