Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer James Cromwell, of “Succession” and “Babe” fame, will produce and star in a forthcoming film adaptation of the Eugene O’Neill play “The Hairy Ape.” Janek Ambros of Assembly Line Entertainment will write and direct the project, “Brute’s Revenge,” and co-produce alongside Emmy winner Cromwell. The story follows an illiterate ocean liner worker named Yank who is branded a “filthy animal” by a powerful industrialist’s son. Yank seeks revenge against this elite family and tries to find his place in society.