Neil Burger, who final directed Daisy Ridley within the gritty thriller The Marsh King’s Daughter, is leaping into collection work with Motorheads, a soapy auto-themed drama for Prime Video.

Burger is helming the kickoff episode, presently taking pictures, in addition to the second. He may even function exec producer.

Motorheads stars Ryan Phillippe as a former NASCAR mechanic who now runs his personal auto physique store in a Rustbelt city in Pennsylvania. He faces monetary insecurity whereas additionally dwelling within the shadow of an notorious brother, however turns into the linchpin of a gaggle of multigenerational outsiders who kind an unlikely friendship over their love of automobiles.

Nathalie Kelley (The Baker and the Magnificence), Michael Cimino (Never Have I Ever) and Melissa Collazo (Considered one of Us Is Mendacity) are additionally on the decision sheet.

The collection is written and government produced by John A. Norris, serves as showrunner. It is usually government produced by Jason Seagraves, Ruben Fleischer (who was initially slated to direct the primary episode) and Jake Fuller.

Ryan Zaragoza will function co-executive producer and producing director. The collection is produced by Jax Media and Amazon MGM Studios.

Burger is thought for his film work, which incorporates the well-regarded magician drama The Illusionist, starring Edward Norton and Paul Giamatti, and Divergent, a part of the movie collection adapting the best-selling books by Veronica Roth and starring Shailene Woodley. And naturally, there was Limitless, the hit Relativity Media thriller starring Bradley Cooper that begat a short-lived CBS TV collection.

This isn’t the primary brush with episodic work for Burger, who subsequent has the Phoebe Dynevor-starring spy thriller Inheritance coming from IFC. He beforehand directed installments of the Showtime drama Billions, amongst them the pilot and closing episode. He was additionally an exec producer on the collection.

He’s repped by CAA and Nomad Story.