Sony Pictures has acquired Darren (Black Swan) Aronofsky’s crime thriller Caught Stealing, which will star Osar nominee Austin Butler (Elvis).
The film follows Hank Thompson, a burned-out former baseball player, as he’s unwittingly plunged into a wild fight for survival in the downtown criminal underworld of ‘90s NYC.
“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,” said Oscar-nominated director Aronofsky, whose credits include “The Whale,” “Requiem for a Dream” and “Black Swan.”
Charlie Huston will pen the script, which is based on his book of the same name.
Butler was nominated for best actor Oscar for his starring role in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis.
He is can currently be seen in Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic “Dune: Part 2” and in Apple TV’s miniseries “Masters of Air.” Up next, Butler will star in Jeff Nichols’ “The Bikeriders” and Sony’s 3000 Pictures film adaptation of “City on Fire,” which he will also produce with David Heyman and Shane Salerno.
