Liam Hemsworth

After The Expendables 2 and with brother Chris showing off his skills in Thor, younger bro Liam is keen to show off his action skills, as Deadline reports that he’s signed up to star as a fighter pilot in Aurora Rising.

Christian Gudegast has written the script, which will see Hemsworth playing a surfer turned military pilot who proves he’s got what it takes on his first combat mission. He gets recruited to an elite team who are testing the next generation of aircraft. When an international conflict breaks out, he’s called to fight.

No director is attached as yet.

It’s a busy year for Hemsworth who has Paranoia coming out later in the summer and will be seen in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire in November.

Liam Hemsworth has starred in the likes of The Last Song, The Expendables 2 and The Hunger Games, but its brother Chris who’s probably still the most famous. Now Liam is hoping to become an action hero in his own right with the Raven, according to Deadline.

Between Hunger Games movies it’s likely he’s going to star in a movie is based on the acclaimed 2010 short from Peruvian director Ricardo de Montreuil. Named after its main character, Chris ‘The Raven’; Black, the six-minute short is set in a dystopian future where Los Angeles is ruled by an oppressive regime that’s relentlessly seeking to destroy our hero because he possesses an extraordinary power.

Universal snapped up feature rights to the short, impressed by its look and effects, despite being made on a very low budget. Michael Gilio and Justin Marks have been hired to write the screenplay, with Hemsworth now attached to play the title character.

Take a look at short below.