Award winner Regina King has signed on to star alongside Austin Butler and Zoë Kravitz in Darren Aronofsky’s crime thriller "Caught Stealing" for Sony Pictures.
Aronofsky will direct the pic, which is based on the book by Charlie Huston. The script will be written by Huston, with Protozoa producing.
The movie follows Hank Thompson (Butler), a burned-out former baseball player, as he’s unwittingly plunged into a wild fight for survival in the downtown criminal underworld of ‘90s New York City. It is unknown who King will play.
King has been the winner of an Academy Award and numerous other accolades for her supporting turn in Barry Jenkins’ "If Beale Street Could Talk".
She has also won four Emmys for her work on series including "Watchmen", "American Crime", and "Seven Seconds".
The acclaimed actress is also the recipient of Golden Globe, Critics’ Choice and DGA Award nominations for her work on her feature directorial debut "One Night in Miami", based on the play from Kemp Powers.
Most recently, King portrayed America’s first Black Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm in writer-director John Ridley’s Netflix movie "Shirley", also exec producing and directing David E. Kelley’s Netflix show "A Man in Full", based on the novel by Tom Wolfe.
She’ll next direct and exec produce the Judy Blume adaptation "Forever" with showrunner Mara Brock Akil for Netflix.
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