EXCLUSIVE: James Gray is assembling another A-list cast for his next feature film, Paper Tiger, According to some sources, Scarlett Johansson and Miles Teller are set to co-star opposite Adam Driver in the upcoming pic.
Gray is writing and directing with production set to start next month in New Jersey. Johansson and Teller step in for Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong, who had to drop out due to other commitments.
The film will be produced by Rodrigo Teixeira under his RT Features banner and frequent collaborator Anthony Katagas under AK Productions alongside Raffaella Leone, Gary Farkas, Marco Perego, Carlo Salem, and Andrea Bucko. Executive producers include Lee Broda, Jeff Rice, Riccardo Maddalosso and Emille Salveson.
Vincent Maraval and Kim Fox’s The Veterans is representing the international sales rights and CAA Media Finance is handling North American rights. Sales will continue at the Cannes market.
The film is described as a tense and gritty story revolving around two brothers who pursue the American Dream only to become entangled in a scheme that turns out to be too good to be true. As they try to navigate their way through an ever-more dangerous world of corruption and violence, they find themselves and their family brutally terrorized by the Russian “Mafiya.” Their bond begins to fray, and betrayal once utterly unthinkable now becomes all too possible.
Sacker Entertainment Law is handling business affairs, production legal and finance legal for Paper Tiger.
Two-time Oscar nominee Johansson is well known for Marriage Story, Jojo Rabbit, Her, Lost in Translation, as well as the The Avengers, Sing, and Captain America franchises and more.She will next star in Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme which will play in competition in Cannes and will make her directorial debut with Eleanor the Great, which will premiere in Un Certain Regard.
Teller known for hits including Top Gun: Maverick, Whiplash, and The Spectacular Now. He recently starred in The Gorge for Apple TV+ and wrapped production on Lionsgate’s Michael Jackson biopic Michael and A24’s Eternity, in which he stars opposite Elizabeth Olsen and Callum Turner. He will next star in Greg Kwedar’s fantastical comedy Possum Song and Paul Downs Colaizzo’s Winter Games for Paramount Pictures.
Johansson is represented by CAA and Bailey Brand Management. Teller is represented by CAA and attorney Chad Christopher.
