Josh Hartnett has been forged in All Day and All Night time.
The 47-year-old actor has signed as much as star in and produce the action-thriller that’s being directed by Tommy Wirkola, the Norwegian filmmaker who has labored on the Violent Night time and Lifeless Snow franchises.
Wirkola has penned the script alongside John Niven and can produce the flick – which is ready to enter manufacturing in 2026 – with XYZ Movies.
A synopsis reads: “When his daughter will get into Harvard, reformed financial institution robber Billy Davies (Hartnett) returns to a lifetime of crime to give you the tutoring cash. However when the financial institution heist goes horribly unsuitable, he and his crew by chance stumble onto the set of a failing actuality TV present. Now Billy should keep on air lengthy sufficient to determine an escape plan from the cops making an attempt to arrest him and the mob making an attempt to kill him, whereas the producers should maintain the present on air lengthy sufficient to spice up their scores and evade cancellation.”
Wirkola is delighted to have secured the Pearl Harbor star for the movie.
The director stated: “I’ve been a fan of Josh Hartnett’s work for so long as I can keep in mind and I can’t wait to go make All Day and All Night time with him, together with my mates at XYZ.”
XYZ’s Man Danella added: “Tommy brings a singular imaginative and prescient to every little thing he creates, and we’re thrilled to collaborate with him as soon as once more to show one other style assemble on its head. Josh is an icon and was the primary actor Tommy and XYZ approached with the undertaking. Collectively, we’ve assembled the dream crew to convey this movie to life.”
Josh starred within the motion film Battle or Flight earlier this 12 months as former Secret Service agent Lucas Reyes and needed to “show one thing” by doing his personal stunts on the movie.
He advised Us Weekly journal: “[Our producers] additionally did John Wick they usually have been like, ‘Keanu [Reeves] does his personal stunts.’ And I used to be like, ‘Yeah, I do know.’ And so they have been like, ‘Effectively, do you wanna do your personal stunts? It will actually make the film higher.’ And I used to be like, ‘Yeah, after all I do.’
“In your forties like I used to be, not many individuals are asking you to exit and do your personal stunts and movie. So it was such a singular problem and in addition only a enjoyable alternative to have among the best, most incredible stunt groups round me serving to choreograph…
“I used to be like, ‘Can I nonetheless do that? I wanna see if I can.’
“I needed to show one thing to myself, bodily, but in addition simply give someone pure popcorn leisure in one of the best ways attainable, which is with lots of humour and lots of physicality and over-the-top, sudden surprises. I’m very pleased with it.”
