James Gray to Direct Adam Driver, Jeremy Strong, and Anne Hathaway in Paper Tiger

Whereas it seemed like James Gray was going to observe up Armageddon Time with both a John F. Kennedy biopic or the ghost story Ezekiel Moses, considered one of America’s nice filmmakers will probably be as a substitute shifting gears to a brand new venture.

Gray will subsequent direct Paper Tiger, primarily based on his personal script, with a forged led by Adam Driver and Armageddon Time stars Jeremy Sturdy and Anne Hathaway. With manufacturing kicking off early subsequent yr, Paper Tiger is described as a tense and gritty story of two brothers who pursue the American Dream, solely to turn into entangled in a scheme that seems to be too good to be true. As they struggle to navigate their approach by an ever-more harmful world of corruption and violence, they discover themselves and their household brutally terrorized by the Russian “Mafiya.” Their bond begins to fray, and betrayal—as soon as totally unthinkable—now turns into all too attainable.

Leone Movie Group will totally finance, with Raffaella Leone producing alongside Rodrigo Teixeira beneath his RT Options banner. Vincent Maraval and Kim Fox’s The Veterans will symbolize the worldwide gross sales rights and introduce the movie to consumers subsequent week throughout AFM, whereas CAA Media Finance will deal with the U.S. rights. The worldwide rights to the movie can be found.

If all goes in accordance to plan, we may see this one by the tip of subsequent yr. As we await extra particulars, watch Gray and forged talk about his newest movie beneath.