Jeffrey Dean Morgan Does Bad Things In "Desierto"

Jeffrey Dean Morgan will play the villain in the thriller "Desierto" says Heat Vision.

The story centers on a group of illegal immigrants, one of which is played by Gael Garcia Bernal, who try to cross the border but are confronted by a racist man (Morgan) who has taken to patrol the border.

Jonás Cuarón and Mateo Garcia wrote the script

Alfonso Cuaron, Carlos Cuaron and Alex Garcia are producing.

Production will begin in Baja, California next month