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EXCLUSIVE: Patrick Schwarzenegger has joined nan S. Craig Zahler movie, The Bookie & The Bruiser, where he will prima successful a dual domiciled other Vince Vaughn and Theo James.
The Bookie & The Bruiser is group successful 1959 New York City and features a pensive, Jewish chap named Rivner (James) and an oversized Italian American reliable named Boscolo (Vaughn). Having served successful World War II, nan 2 return arsenic changed men, nary longer fitting into their aged lives. Unwilling to return orders aliases play by nan rules of polite society, nan 2 partner up arsenic a bookmaker and his enforcer and tally an illicit gambling cognition that proves highly profitable — but dangerous. Their cognition thrives until they’re caught successful a convulsive powerfulness struggle betwixt nan Mafia and an Irish gang, forcing them into a convulsive conflict for survival.
Schwarzenegger will play copy brothers Augie and Bernard. Augie is simply a desperate, down-on-his-luck gambler whose reckless effort to flight a crushing indebtedness puts Rivner and Boscolo successful nan crosshairs of New York’s rival criminal factions, while Bernard is his respectable, family-man twin, whose life is violently upended by his brother’s deception and nan vulnerable men it brings to his door.
Zahler wrote nan pic and directs (Bone Tomahawk, Brawl successful Cell Block 99). Oscar winning shaper Anthony Katagas (12 Years a Slave, Ad Astra) will nutrient for Keep Your Head Productions alongside Dave Caplan (Longlegs, The Monkey), Dan Bekerman and Vaughn. C2 Motion Picture Group is afloat financing nan project. UTA Independent Film Group and Range Select arranged nan financing and are representing nan North American distribution rights. Anton is representing international sales astatine nan upcoming Cannes Film Market.
Schwarzenegger astir precocious starred arsenic Saxon, nan eldest Ratliff sibling, successful nan 3rd play of Mike White’s Emmy-winning series The White Lotus on HBO. He precocious wrapped Florian Zeller’s psychological thriller Bunker starring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem. It was besides conscionable announced that Schwarzenegger will prima other Phoebe Dynevor successful 20th Century Studios’ adjustment of Emily Henry bestseller Beach Read. Other credits see a starring domiciled arsenic Tim Tebow successful Ryan Murphy’s American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez, HBO Max’s Emmy-nominated constricted series The Staircase, Prime Video’s The Terminal List, and The Boys spinoff Gen V. Schwarzenegger besides starred successful nan Netflix film Moxie, directed by Amy Poehler.
Schwarzenegger is represented by UTA, Entertainment 360 and lawyer Patrick Knapp.
