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After strong start to 2024 with Masters of the Air and Dune Part 2, Oscar-nominee Austin Butler is looking to build on that success and is teaming up with another Oscar-nominated director. Sources tell Deadline Butler is set to star in Academy Award nominee Darren Aronofsky’s (The Whale, Black Swan) crime thriller Caught Stealing for Sony Pictures. The studio recently landed the package which is based on the book by Charlie Huston. The script will be written by Huston with Protozoa producing.
“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 Aronofsky.
Written by and based on the books by Huston, Caught Stealing 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.
“Darren is one of the most brilliant audiovisual storytellers in the world, and adapting these wonderful books by Charlie Huston for Austin to star was too exciting an opportunity to not be a part of,” said Sanford Panitch, President of Sony Pictures’ Motion Picture Group.
The project keeps ties strong not only between Butler and the studio, who first broke out in Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood and also has Don Winslow’s City On Fire in development, but builds on the relationship between Sony Production President Sanford Panitch and Aronofsky, who have had a longstanding relationship for many years.
After his Oscar-nominated star-making performance as the King of Rock N Roll in 2022’s Elvis, Butler stormed back in a big way with the Band of Brothers sequel, Masters of Air, bowing in January to huge numbers. He followed that up with his scene-stealing role as Dune Part 2 supervillain Feyd Ratha. That film has been one of the biggest films of 2024 so far bringing nearly $600 million at the global box-office so far.
After a month and a half of press for both projects, Butler had been considering several options and per usual was drawn to the opportunity to work with another A-list director after working with Baz Luhrman and Denis Vellinuve. Next up for Butler is the Focus Features pic Bike Riders.
Best known for his dark dramas like Requiem For a Dream and Black Swan, Aronofsky has earned a reputation for getting the most out of his actors with Mickey Rourke getting nominated for his perf in The Wrestler and Natalie Portman and most recently Brendan Fraser winning Oscars for their perfs in Black Swan and The Whale.
“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 Aronofsky.
Written by and based on the books by Huston, Caught Stealing 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.
“Darren is one of the most brilliant audiovisual storytellers in the world, and adapting these wonderful books by Charlie Huston for Austin to star was too exciting an opportunity to not be a part of,” said Sanford Panitch, President of Sony Pictures’ Motion Picture Group.
The project keeps ties strong not only between Butler and the studio, who first broke out in Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood and also has Don Winslow’s City On Fire in development, but builds on the relationship between Sony Production President Sanford Panitch and Aronofsky, who have had a longstanding relationship for many years.
After his Oscar-nominated star-making performance as the King of Rock N Roll in 2022’s Elvis, Butler stormed back in a big way with the Band of Brothers sequel, Masters of Air, bowing in January to huge numbers. He followed that up with his scene-stealing role as Dune Part 2 supervillain Feyd Ratha. That film has been one of the biggest films of 2024 so far bringing nearly $600 million at the global box-office so far.
After a month and a half of press for both projects, Butler had been considering several options and per usual was drawn to the opportunity to work with another A-list director after working with Baz Luhrman and Denis Vellinuve. Next up for Butler is the Focus Features pic Bike Riders.
Best known for his dark dramas like Requiem For a Dream and Black Swan, Aronofsky has earned a reputation for getting the most out of his actors with Mickey Rourke getting nominated for his perf in The Wrestler and Natalie Portman and most recently Brendan Fraser winning Oscars for their perfs in Black Swan and The Whale.
