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\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Austin Butler<\/strong><\/a> is taking on a new role.<\/p>\n The 32-year-old Dune: Part Two <\/em>star will appear in the crime thriller Caught Stealing<\/em><\/strong> from filmmaker Darren Aronofsky<\/strong><\/a>, THR<\/a> reported. <\/p>\n The Sony film is based on the book by Charlie Huston<\/strong>, and \u201cfollows Hank Thompson, a burned-out former baseball player, as he\u2019s unwittingly plunged into a wild fight for survival in the downtown criminal underworld of \u201890s NYC.\u201d<\/p>\n Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Charlie Huston<\/strong> is writing the script. Darren<\/strong> is producing via his Protozoa Pictures.<\/p>\n \u201cI am excited to be teaming up with my old friends at Sony Pictures to bring Charlie<\/strong>\u2019s adrenaline-soaked roller-coaster ride to life. I can\u2019t wait to start working with Austin<\/strong> and my family of NYC filmmakers,\u201d said the director in a statement.<\/p>\n \u201cDarren<\/strong> is one of the most brilliant audiovisual storytellers in the world, and adapting these wonderful books by Charlie Huston<\/strong> for Austin<\/strong> to star was too exciting an opportunity to not be a part of,\u201d said Sanford Panitch<\/strong>, president of Sony Pictures\u2019 Motion Picture Group.<\/p>\n If you missed it, he\u2019s also appearing in a star-studded Western movie!<\/a><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n