Alien: Romulus star Archie Renaux is back on land with his sights set on a new earthly venture: a production company in collaboration with Arjun Rose. The two didn't have to search far and wide for the name of their new initiative calling it A2R2.
Renaux and Rose met in 2016 at The Unseen, an acting academy and management company founded by Rose. After Renaux walked through its doors, one of the first students to do so, they formed a bond that began as teacher and peer before evolving into professional status as manager, friend and cheerleader helping Renaux launch his acting career and to secure additional representatives at the Artist Partnership.
Renaux said he is excited to take their partnership to the next level. “The journey started in class, where Arjun would write and direct the scenes I acted in, and we were filming them together on an iPhone,” said the actor, also known for starring in Shadow and bones. “Now here we are, bringing that same passion and creativity to a much larger scale by producing films. I'm incredibly proud of the work I've done as an actor over the past few years and I'm really excited to take our creative filmmaking to the highest level with this new venture.”
Rose added: “It's a dream come true to be able to collaborate on projects we're deeply passionate about. This partnership allows us to not only explore creative storytelling, but also leverage the connection we've built over the past eight years. I'm extremely excited for what's to come.”
What's to come is a series of projects that already includes the feature film Tolle. Written by Rose, it is described as a murder mystery that blurs the lines between humanity and technology and explores the nature of truth, consciousness and the legal structures of the future. Renaux and Rose will produce while Dr. Daniel Hulme, a leader in the field of artificial intelligence, will be on board as executive producer.
Renaux will next star in Gulfstream's romantic comedy-drama Fallingwith KJ Apa and Isabel May. His other credits include Updated alongside Camilla Mendes; The biggest beer run ever alongside Russell Crowe, Bill Murray and Zac Efron; Lena Dunham's Catherine called BirdyMarvel Morbius alongside Jared Leto; Travelers alongside Lily-Rose Depp and Tye Sheridan; AND The pier. He broke out with the first roles in the series Hannah alongside Esme Creed-Miles, Mireille Enos and Joel Kinnaman and Gold digger alongside Julia Ormond and Ben Barnes.
Rose, a former futures trader, moved into film with Demons Never Die. He made his directorial debut with a horror thriller from a screenplay he wrote. The project caught the attention of Idris Elba, who joined the project as executive producer. His short film, Sadhbhwon a Ros Hubbard Award at the Irish Film Festival for star Laura Whitmore. Rose has also collaborated on projects for Working Title and Lionsgate and co-founded the London event Laughing Boy. On The Unseen, he also worked closely with British actor Solly McLeod. As a producer, Rose also co-founded Schneider Media Investments with entrepreneur Sonny Schneider.