Zoë Kravitz will star alongside Austin Butler in Darren Aronofsky’s upcoming crime thriller Caught Stealing.
Deadline stories that Zoë Kravitz is ready to star alongside Austin Butler in Darren Aronofsky’s crime thriller Caught Stealing.
The Sony Footage undertaking relies on the e book by Charlie Huston, who will write the script for the film as properly. Caught Stealing follows Hank Thompson, “a burned-out former baseball participant, as he’s unwittingly plunged right into a wild combat for survival within the downtown felony underworld of ‘90s NYC.” It’s not identified who Kravitz will play within the undertaking.
“I’m excited to be teaming up with my previous pals at Sony Footage to convey Charlie’s adrenaline-soaked curler coaster experience to life,” Aronofsky mentioned in a press release earlier this yr. “I can’t wait to begin working with Austin and my household of NYC filmmakers.” Sanford Panitch, President of Sony Footage’ Movement Image Group, added, “Darren is without doubt one of the most sensible audiovisual storytellers on the planet, and adapting these fantastic books by Charlie Huston for Austin to star was too thrilling a chance to not be part of.“
Earlier than Zoë Kravitz units her sights on Caught Stealing, she can be overseeing the discharge of her directorial debut, Blink Twice, which she additionally co-wrote. You could recall that the movie was initially introduced underneath the title of Pussy Island, and Kravitz lately defined why she was compelled to vary it. “It was made very clear to me that ‘p—y’ is a phrase that we, our society, aren’t able to embrace but,” she mentioned. “There have been quite a lot of roadblocks alongside the best way, whether or not it’s the MPAA not wanting to place it on a poster, or a billboard, or a kiosk; film theaters not wanting to place it on a ticket.” Kravitz added that she was stunned to be taught that girls have been truly those who have been most offended by the title.
“Curiously sufficient, after researching it, ladies have been offended by the phrase, and ladies seeing the title have been saying, ‘I don’t need to see that film,’ which is a part of the rationale I needed to attempt to use the phrase, which is attempting to reclaim the phrase, and never make it one thing that we’re so uncomfortable utilizing,” Kravitz mentioned. “However we’re not there but. And I feel that’s one thing I’ve the accountability as a filmmaker to take heed to. I care about individuals seeing the movie, and I care about the way it makes individuals really feel.“
Blink Twice will hit theaters on August twenty third.
