EXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominee Kumail Nanjiani (Eternals), O’Shea Jackson Jr. (Den of Thieves), Emmy winner John Leguizamo (John Wick) and Tony winner Dan Fogler (Fantastic Beasts) are becoming a member of previously announced Josh Hartnett within the solid of action-thriller All Day & All Night.
Written by Tommy Wirkola and John Niven, the pic is being directed by Wirkola, the Norwegian filmmaker greatest identified for the Violent Night and Dead Snow franchises.
Wirkola and Hartnett will produce alongside XYZ Films, who additionally will finance with backing from IPR.VC and deal with international gross sales. The movie is about for manufacturing later in 2026.
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The synopsis reads: When his daughter will get into Harvard, reformed financial institution robber Billy Davies (Hartnett) returns to a lifetime of crime to provide you with the tutoring cash. But when the financial institution heist goes horribly unsuitable, he and his crew (Nanjiani, Jackson Jr.) unintentionally stumble onto the set of a failing actuality TV present. Now Billy should keep on air lengthy sufficient to determine an escape plan from the cops (Leguizamo and Fogler) making an attempt to arrest him and the mob making an attempt to kill him, whereas the producers should hold the present on air lengthy sufficient to spice up their scores and evade cancellation.
XYZ Films has a protracted relationship with Wirkola. The style specialist firm executive-produced Wirkola’s Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead in 2014, and extra not too long ago produced and financed Norwegian movie The Trip (directed and co-written by Wirkola), which offered to and was launched by Netflix in 2021. Wirkola and XYZ then joined forces to remake the movie in English, helmed by Jorma Taccone and starring Jason Segel and Samara Weaving. Titled Over Your Dead Body, the movie will premiere within the Headliner part at this weekend’s SXSW and could have a large theatrical launch from IFC on April twenty fourth.
XYZ’s President of Film Guy Danella will oversee and produce for XYZ Films. Prior to becoming a member of XYZ earlier this 12 months, Danella produced Universal’s Violent Night, directed by Wirkola and Over Your Dead Body.
Wirkola is in post-production on Universal’s Violent Night 2, which is being launched December 2026 and he has a yet-to-be-titled shark thriller starring Phoebe Dynevor popping out on Netflix this summer season, which he wrote, directed and produced.
“We’ve assembled a group of my dream actors to join Josh on this movie, and I can’t wait to see them bring life to our eclectic crew of characters. It’s going to be a wild ride,” stated Wirkola.
Nanjiani is repped by UTA and Mosaic. Jackson Jr. is repped by WME and Cube Vision. Leguizamo is repped by UTA and Mosaic. Fogler is repped by Verve Talent and Literary, Entertainment 360 and Common Ground Entertainment.
