“Rocketman,” “Carry-On” and “Kingsman star Taron Egerton will join Channing Tatum and Zazie Beetz in the New York crime feature “Kockroach”.
Egerton replaces Oscar Isaac, who was announced in late August but had to exit due to scheduling conflicts. The project is an adaptation of the novel by William Lashner.
The story follows 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.
Andrew Lazar (“American Sniper”) and Kevin Frakes (“Hereditary”) produce the film said to be in the vein of “Goodfellas” and “Scarface”.
Matt Ross (“Captain Fantastic”) will direct from a screenplay by Jonathan Ames (“You Were Never Really Here”) with revisions by Ross. Filming will begin in February in Australia.
Others involved include production designer Colin Gibson (“Mad Max: Fury Road”), cinematographer Adam Arkapaw (“True Detective: Season 1”), and VFX supervisor Jonathan Dearing (“The Invisible Man”).
Source: Deadline
