EXCLUSIVE: Frank Grillo, Reid Scott, Beau Knapp and Tyrese Gibson are set to join Naomie Harris in the Deon Taylor-directed cop thriller Black and Blue, which is set up under Sony’s Screen Gems label. Written by Peter A. Dowling, the pic follows a rookie New Orleans cop (Harris) who rounds the corner just as corrupt…

EXCLUSIVE: Grindstone Entertainment Group has struck a deal with Clay Epstein's Film Mode Entertainment for North American rights to Yale Productions' crime-thriller Crypto. Beau Knapp (Seven Seconds), Alexis Bledel (The Handmaid's Tale), Kurt Russell (The Hateful Eight), Luke Hemsworth (Westworld), Jeremie Harris (Leg…

Beau Knapp (The Nice Guys, upcoming Death Wish), Jade Pettyjohn (School of Rock, upcoming Trial by Fire), Toby Huss (Halt and Catch Fire, upcoming LAbyrinth), Zach Villa (Dan Is Dead), James Jordan (Wind River), and Shamier Anderson (Shots Fired) have come aboard Karyn Kusama's crime thriller, Destroyer, which stars Ni…

EXCLUSIVE: Game of Silence co-star David Lyons and newly minted Death Wish bad guy Beau Knapp have been set as co-stars of Seven Seconds, the 10-episode Netflix crime drama from The Killing creator Veena Sud and Fox 21 TV Studios. The Accountant helmer Gavin O'Connor attached to direct. In the series, written by Sud…

EXCLUSIVE: Beau Knapp has been cast as Knox, Bruce Willis’ main adversary in Eli Roth’s action crime film Death Wish. He joins Vincent D'Onofrio, Elisabeth Shue, Dean Norris, Mike Epps, Kimberly Elise, Camilla Morrone and Ronnie Gene Blevins in MGM’s remake of the 1974 Charles Bronson film. The pic centers on Paul…

Starz subsidiary Anchor Bay Entertainment has acquired U.S. Rights, including Blu-ray/DVD, VOD and Digital HD, to What Lola Wants, a new crime drama from The Sheinberg's The Bubble Factory. What Lola Wants focuses on Lola, the 16-year old daughter of Hollywood royalty who fakes her own kidnapping to cover her running…

Wayne Bastrup has joined the cast of Warner Bros’ Clint Eastwood drama Sully, the pic based on the true story of Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger’s heroic 2009 landing of US Airways Flight 1549 onto the Hudson River that preserved the lives of all on board. Tom Hanks plays Sully, Laura Linney is his wife, and Colt…

EXCLUSIVE: Busy up-and-comer Beau Knapp has joined Ang Lee’s supporting cast in Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk. Knapp can be seen with Liam Neeson in this weekend’s opener Run All Night. In Billy Lynn, Knapp will play Crack (as in Cracker?), a cocksure good ol’ Alabama boy with violent tendencies. Lee’s film of…

Brian d'Arcy James has joined the cast of Spotlight, the Boston pedophile priest film from director Tom McCarthy. Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Liev Schreiber and Rachel McAdams star in the pic written by Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer. James plays Matty Carroll, one of the key Spotlight team members at the Boston Globe…

Beau Knapp has joined The Weinstein Company's Southpaw from writer Kurt Sutter and director Antoine Fuqua. Jake Gyllenhaal star as a champion boxer who rises in his profession while his personal life falls apart. Knapp will play Jon Jon, the fighter's lifelong best friend who came up with him through foster care and…