''Reptile'' is an upcoming American
crime thriller film
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combin ...
co-written and directed by
Grant Singer in his feature-film directorial debut.
Premise
A
New England
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detective works to solve the murder of a real estate agent, and as a result of the case experiences a reflection upon himself.
Cast
Production
Development
On August 26, 2021,
Netflix
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was set to produce the crime thriller script ''Reptile'' with music video director
Grant Singer set to make his directorial feature film debut and Molly Smith, Trent Luckinbill, Seth Spector,
Thad Luckinbill
Thaddeus Rowe Luckinbill (born April 24, 1975) is an American actor and producer best known for playing J.T. Hellstrom on the CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'', from August 1999 to November 2010. He reprised the role of J.T. in Decem ...
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Benicio Del Toro
Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez (born February 19, 1967) is a Puerto Rican actor and producer. He has garnered critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Screen A ...
, and Rachel Smith will produce the film.
On October 14, 2021, Singer and Brewer were credited as co-writers.
Casting
Along with the announcement on August 26, 2021, Del Toro and
Justin Timberlake were cast in the film.
On September 30, 2021,
Alicia Silverstone
Alicia Silverstone ( ; born October 4, 1976) is an American actress. She made her film debut in the thriller '' The Crush'' (1993), earning the 1994 MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance, and gained further prominence at age 16 as a ...
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Michael Pitt
Michael Carmen Pitt (born April 10, 1981) is an American actor, model, and musician. Pitt is known in film for his roles in '' Murder by Numbers'' (2002), Bernardo Bertolucci's '' The Dreamers'' (2003), Gus Van Sant's '' Last Days'' (2005), and ...
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Ato Essandoh
Ato Essilfi Bracato Essandoh (born July 29, 1972) is an American television and film actor.
Early life
Essandoh was born in Schenectady, New York to Ghanaian parents and graduated from New Rochelle High School in 1990. He received a B.S. in ...
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Frances Fisher
Frances Louise Fisher (born May 11, 1952) is a British-born American actress. She began her career in theatre and later starred as record executive Suzette 'Red' Saxon in the CBS daytime soap opera ''The Guiding Light'' (1985). In film, she is ...
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Eric Bogosian
Eric Bogosian ( hy, Էրիկ Բոգոսյան; ; born April 24, 1953) is an American actor, playwright, monologuist, novelist, and historian. Descended from Armenian American immigrants, he grew up in Watertown and Woburn, Massachusetts, and a ...
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Domenick Lombardozzi,
Karl Glusman,
Matilda Lutz
Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz (born 28 January 1991 in Milan, Italy) is an Italian model and actress. She starred in the 2017 horror film '' Rings'' and action thriller film ''Revenge''. She also appeared in the Netflix series '' Medici - The Magn ...
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Owen Teague
Owen William Teague (born December 8, 1998) is an American actor. He was born and raised in Tampa, Florida, and is known for his roles in '' The Stand'', ''Mrs. Fletcher'', ''Inherit the Viper'', ''To Leslie'', ''Montana Story'', '' Gone in the ...
, and Catherine Dyer were cast in the film.
On October 14, 2021,
Mike Pniewski, Thad Luckinbill,
Sky Ferreira
Sky Tonia Ferreira (born July 8, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, model, and actress. As a teenager, Ferreira began uploading videos on Myspace of herself singing songs she had written, which led to her discovery by producers Bloods ...
, James Devoti, and Michael Beasley were cast in the film.
Filming
On August 15, 2021, filming began in
Atlanta
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, Georgia.
References
External links
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Upcoming films
American crime thriller films
Black Label Media films
Films shot in Atlanta
Upcoming directorial debut films
Upcoming English-language films
Upcoming Netflix original films