LaKeith Stanfield
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LaKeith Stanfield, who’s coming off of starring in Jeymes Samuel’s The E book of Clarence, has joined Mark Wahlberg in in Play Soiled, the crime thriller that Shane Black is directing for Amazon MGM Studios.
An adaptation of Donald E. Westlake’s Parker novels, the characteristic stars Wahlberg because the hardened skilled thief who’s, naturally, double-crossed and left for lifeless. His hunt for revenge, nevertheless, brings with it a shot on the greatest heist of his profession. However, per the studio, even with the assistance of his accomplice, an actor-slash-con artist named Grofield, he’ll nonetheless must outsmart a South American dictator, the New York mob and the world’s richest man if he hopes to remain alive.
Stanfield will play Grofield, the con artist.
Black, Charles Mondry, and Anthony Bagarozzi wrote the script.
Jules Daly and Marc Toberoff are producing. The mission was beforehand being produced by Joel Silver however Silver was fired in November over claims of verbal abuse.
Exec producing are Crew Downey’s Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey in addition to Black, Mondry, Bagarozzi and James Skotchdopole. Ezra Emanuel is co-producing.
Stanfield earned an Oscar nomination in the perfect supporting class for his efficiency in 2021’s Judas and the Black Messiah and starred in final 12 months’s Disney summer time tentpole Haunted Mansion. He’s additionally identified for his starring in Sorry to Trouble You and for his work on FX collection Atlanta.
He’s repped by CAA, Stark Administration and Ginsburg Daniels.
