Alex Ritman Chris Pine appears to be heading back into “Hell or High Water” waters with a role in a new crime thriller. The “Star Trek” and “Don’t Worry Darling” star will take the lead in “Nowhere Fast,” a Texas crime thriller following a small-town criminal who inadvertently kills the nephew of his boss.
The film is being written and directed by Noah Hawley, who created the FX series “Fargo” and “Legion” and most recently directed the upcoming feature “Alien: Earth.” 26 Keys Productions, Hawley’s Austin-based film and TV production company, is producing.
30West, which exec produced and financed Pine’s “The Contractor,” is financing and will co-represent the U.S. rights for “Nowhere Fast” alongside CAA Media Finance.
AGC International, the international sales arm of thriving independent studio AGC Studios, will represent the foreign rights.
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