Ben Stiller to Direct a Big Crime Movie After His Apple TV’s Sci-Fi Triumph
And it has chances to get The Bear’s star for the leading role — but not that soon.
Summary:
- Ben Stiller, famous for his numerous comedian roles, is set to be back to his directorial film work with a possible criminal drama that might star Jeremy Allen White.
- The movie will presumably be based on a 2014 documentary that follows a corrupt police department.
- No more details have been confirmed yet while Stiller is busy with his Apple TV ’s successful show.
If so far you never knew that Ben Stiller, apart from being a great comedy actor, is also quite a prominent director — this news is for you.
The recent rumors have it that Stiller will be back to the director’s chair of a feature film after a break of almost ten years — his most recent movie, 2015’s Zoolander 2, was probably his biggest disaster so far.
Now that the filmmaker is ready to make his way back to movies afresh, his next feature seems to be much more brutal than anything before — and it might star Jeremy Allen White.
According to The InSneider’s reports, Stiller is having the first preparations for his collaborative work with Amazon on a presumably criminal drama called The Seven Five while Allen is currently in early talks to get the leading role.
Right now no details about the upcoming project have been revealed, but the film is likely to be based on Tiller Russell’s 2014 documentary that follows “a corrupt police precinct and its ringleader, Michael Dowd, who was arrested in 1987 with a handful of other dirty cops who stole money and drugs”.
Though Stiller’s potential collaboration with White does sound exciting, nothing has been confirmed yet and, if it is in the near future, there will most likely be no signs of the production starting soon.
What Is Jeremy Allen White Up to Now?
Jeremy Allen White is currently in a tight position with a pretty busy schedule — right now the actor is wrapping it up with seasons 3 and 4 of The Bear and afterwards is set to star as Bruce Springsteen in Deliver Me From Nowhere directed by Scott Cooper.
Ben Stiller has probably no available gap in his own schedule either. The comedian is keeping busy with directing Apple TV’s sci-fi thriller show Severance that follows Mark, portrayed by Adam Scott, who agrees to participate in a “severance” program which is supposed to separate his work memories from his personal ones.
Sources: World of Reel, The InSneider