The Mongoose is an upcoming action thriller film written by Thompson Evans, directed by Mark Vanselow and starring Liam Neeson, Marisa Tomei, Ving Rhames, and Michael Chiklis.
A war hero accused of a crime he didnâÂÂt commit and with nothing to lose, leads police on an epic televised cross-country car chase, helped by members of his former Special Forces Army battalion, as a fascinated public cheers him on.
In May 2024, it was announced that Neeson was cast in the film. In February 2025, it was announced that Tomei, Rhames and Chiklis were cast in the film and that filming began in Victoria. The action-thriller is being shot in Bacchus Marsh, Castlemaine, Templestowe and Bangholme, Frankston as well as the Melbourne CBD, North Melbourne, Kensington, Travancore, Altona and Moorabbin.