EXCLUSIVE: Miles Teller (Michael) has inked a deal to star in Copperhead, a brand new thriller from King Ivory helmer John Swab and Black Label Media.
Written by Chad Feehan and J. Todd Scott, Copperhead‘s plot is thrust in movement when an undercover drug deal explodes into violence in West Texas. A veteran detective is then compelled to crew with a younger federal agent to unravel the conspiracy inside their elite job pressure.
Black Label is financing and producing alongside Teller’s Lime Tree Productions and Swab’s Milk Boy, with manufacturing to kick off in August.
Most not too long ago seen taking part in John Branca, executor of the Michael Jackson property, in Antoine Fuqua’s Michael, which shattered opening-weekend data with a $217 million worldwide debut and is nearing $900M worldwide, Teller will subsequent be seen starring alongside Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson in James Grey’s Paper Tiger, which premiered to crucial acclaim at Cannes and can be launched by Neon. He’s repped by CAA and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman.
Swab is greatest recognized for writing and directing the motion thriller King Ivory, starring James Badge Dale, which premiered on the 81st Venice Movie Competition. At present, he’s hooked up to direct the Will Smith starrer Quick & Free for Netflix, with Jerry Bruckheimer producing. Upcoming, he additionally intends to direct his screenplay Hells Angels, based mostly on the e-book Hell’s Angel: The Life and Instances of Sonny Barger and the Hell’s Angels Bike Membership, for actor/producer Jason Momoa. Then, there’s his unique script Night time Work, which he’ll direct for Netflix, with Mark Wahlberg to star and produce alongside Alex Heineman and Andrew Rona. Swab is repped by WME, Vary Media Companions and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.
Black Label Media is understood for tasks like Lynne Ramsay’s Cannes drama Die My Love, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson, in addition to Sicario, I Wanna Dance with Any person, Solely the Courageous, and others. Subsequent up, the corporate will reteam with J.D. Dillard — director of the Korean Conflict naval officer flick Devotion — for The Unusual, which has casting underway. They’re additionally gearing up on Reenactment — marking a reunion with Reptile filmmaker Grant Singer — in addition to Sicario 3.
Feehan is repped by CAA, Untitled Leisure, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman; his co-writer Scott by Rain, Curtis Brown, and Fuse Literary.