Kiefer Sutherland is in Alberta filming The Horseman opposite Barry Pepper. Photo by ROBYN BECK /AFP via Getty Images

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Canadian actors Barry Pepper and Kiefer Sutherland are in Calgary to film Rod Lurie’s western, The Horseman.

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According to ACTRA Alberta’s website, production began last month and is expected to run until July 9 in rural Alberta.

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Pepper, who was born in British Columbia, plays “The Man,” a grieving father and husband who adopts a young colt after losing his family in late the 1800s American West during a oil rush.

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When The Man is separated from the colt he goes to desperate measures to reunite.

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Sutherland plays the film’s chief villain, described as “a narcissistic aristocrat consumed with demontrating his superiority through intellect, wealth and violence.”

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The film also stars C. Thomas Howell (The Outsiders, The Hitcher), Tzi Ma (Rush Hour) and Ryan Michelle Bathe (Boston Legal).

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Actor Barry Pepper is in Alberta filming The Horseman opposite Kiefer Sutherland. Photo by Jason Merritt /Getty Images

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Pepper, who won an Emmy for playing Robert F. Kennedy in the miniseries The Kennedys, also co-wrote the screenplay with Ed Gass-Donnelly. He is known for his roles in Saving Private Ryan, The Green Mile and the TV movie *61, where his portrayal of baseball player Roger Maris earned him another Emmy. He is no stranger to westerns, having starred in the Coen Brothers’ 2010 film True Grit.

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Sutherland won an Emmy for his starring role in the Fox drama 24. He also has a long history with the genre, starring in 1988’s Young Guns and its 1990s sequel, 1994’s The Cowboy Way and 2015’s Forsaken, which co-starred his father Donald Sutherland and was also filmed in Alberta. Sutherland also competed professionally on the rodeo circuit in team and calf roping.

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Lurie is known for directed 2000’s The Contender, 2001’s The Last Castle and the Calgary-shot Resurrecting the Champ in 2007. He also shot episodes of the Alberta-based series Hell on Wheels and Damnation.

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The Horseman is being produced by Nomadic Pictures, the Calgary-based company that also produced  Hell on Wheels, Fargo, the miniseries Klondike and the western Broken Trail, AMC’s first scripted miniseries.

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It is not the only western currently being shot in Alberta. Production is also underway on a TV remake of The Magnificent Seven starring Matt Dillon.

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It is expected to be released theatrically in 2027.

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