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Alec Baldwin Joins Crime Thriller Kockroach With Chris Hemsworth

The casting signals Baldwin’s return to high-profile filmmaking following the dismissal of his Rust case.

Overview

  • Alec Baldwin has joined the ensemble of Kockroach alongside Chris Hemsworth, Taron Egerton, and Zazie Beetz under director Matt Ross.
  • Filming is set to begin in April, with the project described as a high-profile feature after a period of lower-profile roles for Baldwin.
  • The film adapts the novel Kockroach into a New York crime story about a mysterious outsider who rises to power, from a script by Jonathan Ames revised by Ross.
  • Producers Andrew Lazar and Christina Weiss Lurie are leading the project, with Black Bear on international sales and CAA Media Finance and Range Select on domestic rights.
  • The move comes after Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter case tied to the Rust set shooting was dismissed with prejudice over withheld evidence, a ruling that closed that charge in that case.