Golden Globe winner Taron Egerton is joining Channing Tatum and Zazie Beetz in "Kockroach," the New York crime feature heralding from producers Andrew Lazar (American Sniper) and Kevin Frakes (Hereditary).
Egerton takes over in the movie from Oscar Isaac who was announced in late August but is out due to scheduling conflicts.
Lazar describes the pic as in the vein of "Goodfellas" and "Scarface".
The synopsis reads: “Kockroach is the story of a mysterious stranger who takes on New York’s criminal underworld, transforming himself into a larger-than-life crime boss in a city where power is everything.”
The film is an adaptation of the novel by William Lashner, who wrote it under the pen name Tyler Knox.
The pic is in pre-production with filming scheduled to begin in February in Australia. Matt Ross (Captain Fantastic) will direct from a screenplay by Jonathan Ames (You Were Never Really Here) with revisions by Ross.
Black Bear will continue selling international rights at the upcoming AFM. CAA Media Finance and Range Select co-rep domestic.
Heads of department include Colin Gibson, the production designer who won an Oscar for his work on "Mad Max: Fury Road"; Emmy-winning cinematographer Adam Arkapaw, whose credits include "The Order," "The King," "Macbeth," and the first seasons of "Top of the Lake" and "True Detective"; and VFX Supervisor Jonathan Dearing, known for his work on "M3gan," "The Invisible Man," and "Upgrade".
Kingsman, Rocketman, Black Bird, and Carry-On star Egerton was most recently seen in
Egerton has had himself a busy year and was last seen in Lionsgate’s independent feature "She Rides Shotgun," in which he starred and produced. Prior to that, he also had the Apple TV+ series "Smoke" from the team by his other hit Apple series "Black Bird." He also had the hit Netflix thriller "Carry On".
He will next be seen starring in Baltasar Kormákur’s survival thriller "Apex" for Netflix, alongside Charlize Theron.
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