Overview
- Deadline reports Hemsworth has come aboard the adaptation, taking over after Channing Tatum exited due to scheduling conflicts.
- He joins Taron Egerton and Zazie Beetz in the William Lashner crime tale about a stranger rising through New York’s underworld.
- Matt Ross directs from a screenplay by Jonathan Ames with revisions by Ross, with Andrew Lazar producing alongside Christina Weiss Lurie.
- Filming is being lined up for April, positioning the project to move from development into production.
- Black Bear will sell international rights at the upcoming European Film Market, with CAA Media Finance and Range Select co-representing domestic, and key department heads include Colin Gibson, Adam Arkapaw, and Jonathan Dearing.