EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali is set to star with
Tom Hardy in
77 Blackout, a crime thriller set on the night when the city that never sleeps lost power and plunged into chaos and lawlessness.
Cary Joji Fukunaga is directing. Fresh from the
Oppenheimer Best Picture Oscar,
Charles Roven is producing along with Madison Weireter for Atlas Entertainment, and William Green and Aaron Ginsburg for The Cut.
Black Bear will introduce the film to international buyers at the
Cannes market, with WME repping U.S. rights. Script was written by Frank John Hughes with revisions by Fukunaga.
