After his stellar villain performance in “Dune 2”: Austin Butler films with the next exceptional director

As the psychopathic Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen, he takes over several scenes in the sci-fi masterpiece ‘Dune: Part Two’, currently in cinemas. At the same time he also celebrated a major series success with the monumental spiritual “Band Of Brothers” successor “Masters Of The Air”. And thanks to his captivating performance as a music legend in ‘Elvis’, he already has an Oscar nomination to his name. Austin Butler’s career is really taking off, bringing him together with more and more star directors.

After the 32-year-old has already appeared in front of the camera for greats such as Quentin Tarantino (“Once Upon A Time In Hollywood”), Baz Luhrmann (“Elvis”) and Denis Villeneuve (“Dune 2”), the cast of the new film by Darren Aronofsky, who, thanks to grandiose, profound works such as ‘Requiem For A Dream’, ‘The Wrestler’, ‘Black Swan’ and most recently ‘The Whale’, mainly stands for heartbreaking dramas.

Austin Butler and Darren Aronofsky are now teaming up for the crime thriller “Caught for theft“realize. This is reported by the American industry newspaper .

This Is Austin Butler’s New Project “Caught Stealing”

“Caught Stealing” is a film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Charlie Huston, which was published in this country under the title “The Whipping Boy”. Austin Butler will take on the role of washed-up baseball player Hank Thompson, who has been in his prime for days and is involved in a brutal battle for survival in New York’s criminal underworld in the 1990s.

It is still unclear when “Caught Stealing” will be released. However, it appears that Darren Aronofsky is choosing the film over other projects he has recently been linked to (including an Elon Musk biopic). So Filming could take place in 2024 and a theatrical release could follow in 2025.

Meanwhile, Austin Butler can be seen in a new film in cinemas from June 20, 2024. Under the direction of ‘Midnight Special’ creator Jeff Nichols, he gets on a motorcycle alongside Tom Hardy in the motorcycle gang drama ‘The Bikeriders’. He is also part of the illustrious cast of ‘Eddington’, the mysterious new project from ‘Hereditary’ and ‘Midsommar’ director Ari Aster, alongside stars such as Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal.