Yahoo Movies Matt Smith lands next movie role in Austin Butler crime thriller
Matt Smith has landed his next movie role opposite Austin Butler in crime thriller Caught Stealing.
The movie, which was announced earlier this year, comes from director Darren Aronofsky and is based on the Charlie Huston book series.
Focusing on a burned-out former baseball player called Hank Thompson (Butler), the story sees the character plunged into New York City’s downtown criminal underworld in the 1990s, as he fights to survive.
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Alongside House of the Dragon’s Smith, Caught Stealing has also added Ray Donovan’s Liev Schreiber (via Deadline), who join The Batman’s Zoë Kravitz and Oscar-winner Regina King.
Author Huston has also written the movie’s screenplay.
Speaking previously about the project, The Whale director Aronofsky said: "I am excited to be teaming up with my old friends at Sony Pictures to bring Charlie's adrenaline-soaked roller coaster ride to life.
“I can't wait to start working with Austin and my family of NYC filmmakers.”
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Sony Pictures' Motion Picture Group president Sanford Panitch added: “Darren is one of the most brilliant audiovisual storytellers in the world, and adapting these wonderful books by Charlie Huston for Austin to star was too exciting an opportunity to not be a part of.”
This isn’t the only project that Smith has lined-up, with the Doctor Who actor recently signing on to star in new movie & Sons.
The film is also set to star 1917's George Mackay, A Quiet Place's Noah Jupe, and Bill Nighy, with Pablo Trapero set to direct and Women Talking's Sarah Polley adapting David Gilbert’s novel of the same name.
Caught Stealing is yet to confirm a release date.
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