Patrick Schwarzenegger Joins ‘The Bookie & The Bruiser’ In Dual Role
EXCLUSIVE: Patrick Schwarzenegger you will have joined the S. Craig Zahler film The Bookie & The Bruiser, wherein he’ll star in a twin function reverse Vince Vaughn and Theo James.
The Bookie & The Bruiser is ready in 1959 New York City and encompasses a pensive Jewish fellow named Rivner (James) and an outsized Italian-American robust named Boscolo (Vaughn). Having served in World War II, the 2 return as modified males, now not becoming into their outdated lives. Unwilling to take orders or play by the principles of well mannered society, the 2 companions up as a bookmaker and his enforcer and run a bootleg playing operation that proves extremely worthwhile — however harmful. Their operation thrives till they’re caught in a violent energy wrestle between the Mafia and an Irish gang, forcing them right into a violent combat for survival.
Schwarzenegger will play twin brothers Augie and Bernard. Augie is a determined, down-on-his-luck gambler whose reckless try to flee a crushing debt places Rivner and Boscolo within the cross-hairs of New York’s rival felony factions, whereas Bernard is his respectable, family-man twin, whose life is violently upended by his brother’s deception and the harmful males he brings to his door.
Zahler (Bone Tomahawk, Brawl in Cell Block 99) wrote the pic and directs. Oscar-winning producer Anthony Katagas (12 Years a Slave, Ad Astra) will produce for Keep Your Head Productions alongside Dave Caplan (Longlegs, The Monkey), Dan Bekerman and Vaughn. C2 Motion Picture Group is totally financing the challenge.
UTA Independent Film Group and Range Select organized the financing and are representing the North American distribution rights. Anton is representing worldwide gross sales on the upcoming cannes market.
Schwarzenegger most just lately starred as Saxon, the eldest Ratliff sibling, within the third season of Mike White’s Emmy-winning HBO collection The White Lotus. He just lately wrapped Florian Zeller’s psychological thriller Bunker starring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem. It was additionally simply introduced that Schwarzenegger will star reverse Phoebe Dynevor in twentieth Century Studios’ adaptation of the Emily Henry bestseller Beach Read.
Other credit embody a starring function as Tim Tebow in Ryan Murphy’s American Sports Story: Aaron HernandezHBO Max’s Emmy-nominated restricted collection The Staircase, Prime Video’s The Terminal Listand The Boys spinoff Gene V. Schwarzenegger additionally starred within the Netflix movie Moxiedirected by Amy Poehler.
He is represented by UTA, Entertainment 360 and lawyer Patrick Knapp.
