David Leitch‘s next high-profile action thriller is gaining some serious star power as sources tell Deadline Nicholas Hoult is set to star in the Amazon MGM Studios, Imagine Entertainment and 87North’s untitled bank heist pic that Leitch is directing. The film will be released in theaters from a script by Mark Bianculli.
Plot details are being kept under wraps but given Leitch’s track record of delivering on big thrills and fun set pieces in films like Bullet Train, Deadpool 2 and most recently The Fall Guy, expect something similar in scope. 87North’s Kelly McCormick and Leitch will produce alongside Imagine’s Brian Grazer, Jeb Brody, and Allan Mandelbaum.
The project has gained a ton of momentum in recent weeks after Leitch and McCormick boarded the project at the top of the year. Once the package hit the market, it wasn’t long before Amazon moved in to land the rights and the project soon began attracting high-profile talent with Hoult recently signing on to star with the plan to shoot later this summer.
Hoult is coming off quite a winter that started with starring in the Clint Eastwood pic Juror #2. He would follow that up with his critically acclaimed role in The Order and then ended the year starring in the box-office hit Nosferatu.
Next up he will portray Lex Luthor in James Gunn’s highly anticipated Superman this summer. His other notable film and television credits include Tony McNamara’s The Favourite, the X-Men franchise and The Great, for which he earned both a SAG and Emmy nomination. Hoult is represented by UTA, 42 and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.
Imagine Entertainment’s upcoming projects include After the Hunt, a thriller for Amazon MGM directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield, Ayo Edebiri, Michael Stuhlbarg and Chloë Sevigny, The Gringo Hunters, a Spanish-language drama for Netflix, based on investigative reporting in the Washington Post, a Ron Howard-directed documentary on renowned photographer Richard Avedon, and a feature-length Barba Walters documentary.
87North Productions recent productions included The Fall Guy, Bullet Train, which Leitch directed as well as the two producing Love Hurts, Nobody 2, Ballerina Overdrive. Upcoming projects in various stages of development include Kung Fu starring Donnie Yen, Versus (Universal), Red Shirt(Amazon MGM Studios) starring Channing Tatum, and a sequel to Violent Night (Universal) with David Harbour returning as Santa Claus. 87North is represented by CAA and JSSK.
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