Matt Smith and Liev Schreiber Join Austin Butler in ‘Caught Stealing’

The pair represent the latest recruits for the new crime thriller, which already boasts Butler, Zoë Kravitz and Regina King in its packed ensemble.

(Left) Matt Smith in Columbia Pictures' 'Morbius'. Photo by Jay Maidment. Copyright: © 2021 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved.(Right) Liev Schreiber as Raymond "Ray" Donovan in 'Ray Donovan.' Photo: Showtime.

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Matt Smith and Liev Schreiber are the latest additions to ‘Caught Stealing’.
Darren Aronofsky is directing the new movie.
Austin Butler, Zoë Kravitz and Regina King are all aboard.

As he prepares to get the cameras rolling on his latest, crime thriller ‘Caught Stealing’, director Darren Aronofsky is adding to its cast.

With Austin Butler, Zoë Kravitz and Regina King already all part of the mix, the newest arrivals, per Deadline, are Matt Smith and famed enemy of spell-checking software Liev Schreiber.

What’s the story of ‘Caught Stealing’?

Austin Butler stars as Benny in director Jeff Nichols' 'The Bikeriders,' a Focus Features release.

The film will be based on Charlie Huston’s novel, which follows burned out former baseball pro Hank Thompson (Butler).

Hank’s neighbor, Russ, has to leave town in a rush and hands over his cat, named Bud, in a carrier. But it isn’t until two Russians in tracksuits drag Hank over the bar at the joint where he works –– and beat him to a pulp –– that he starts to get the idea: someone wants something from him. He just doesn’t know what it is, where it is, or how to make them understand he doesn’t have it.

Within twenty-four hours Hank is running over rooftops, swinging his old aluminum bat for the sweet spot of a guy’s head, playing hide and seek with the NYPD, riding the subway with a dead man at his side, and counting a whole lot of cash on a concrete floor…

Aronofsky has Huston aboard to adapt the book for the screen.

Besides knowing who Butler will play, the rest of the cast’s roles are mysteries for now.

‘Caught Stealing’: The Director Speaks

Director Darren Aronofsky on the set of 'The Whale' from A24.

The new movie finds Aronofsky in business with Sony, which picked up the book package and got the director interested.

Here’s what Aronofsky had to say:

“I am excited to be teaming up with my old friends at Sony Pictures to bring Charlie’s adrenaline-soaked roller coaster ride to life. I can’t wait to start working with Austin and my family of NYC filmmakers.”

And here’s what Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group president Sanford Panitch commented:

“Darren is one of the most brilliant audiovisual storytellers in the world and adapting these wonderful books by Charlie Huston for Austin to star was too exciting an opportunity to not be a part of.”

What else are Matt Smith and Liev Schreiber working on?

Matt Smith in HBO's 'House of the Dragon.' Photograph by Ollie Upton/HBO.

Smith plays Prince Daemon Targaryen on ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel series ‘House of the Dragon’, which recently wrapped its second season and has been renewed for a third.

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He was most recently seen on the big screen in horror movie ‘Starve Acre’ and has TV series ‘The Death of Bunny Munro’ on his to-do list.

Schreiber was last seen in Wes Anderson’s latest ‘Asteroid City’ and will next be on TV screens as part of the cast for mystery series ‘The Perfect Couple’, which lands on Netflix on September 5th.