Wayne Kramer has signed on to direct Caught Stealing for Myriad Pictures, who will bring the project to the AFM next week. In separate production news, Gnosis and Whisper Pictures are moving ahead on Tusk: Hannibal’s Favorite Elephant.

The AFM-bound thriller Caught Stealing stars Patrick Wilson and Alec Baldwin and is based on a screenplay by David Hayter of X-Men and Watchmen fame from the novel of the same name by Charlie Huston.

Myriad represents international rights and will work with APA on a US sale. Caught Stealing centres on a former high school baseball star who gets caught up in a bloody treasure hunt through New York.

Lost Rhino Films’ Marcus Chait, James Carpinello, and Wilson will produce. Paula Wagner serves as executive producer alongside Myriad head Kirk D’Amico.

Kramer most recently directed Pawn Shop Chronicles and his credits include The Cooler, Running Scared and Crossing Over.

  • Gnosis Moving Pictures CEO Darius A Kamali and Whisper Pictures CEO George Merkert have announced that the companies are partnering on the animated feature Tusk: Hannibal’s Favorite Elephant. Whisper Pictures’ chief creative officer Tim McGovern, a founder of Sony Pictures Imageworks, co-wrote the screenplay and will direct.

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