Josh Hartnett is ready to star in All Day & All Night time, an motion thriller from Violent Night time director Tommy Wirkola, which is able to kick off manufacturing in 2026. Along with directing the challenge, Wirkola additionally co-wrote the script with John Niven. Harnett and Wirkola will produce alongside XYZ Movies.
The logline reads: “When his daughter will get into Harvard, reformed financial institution robber Billy Davies (Hartnett) returns to a lifetime of crime to provide you with the tutoring cash. However when the financial institution heist goes horribly incorrect, he and his crew unintentionally stumble onto the set of a failing actuality TV present. Now Billy should keep on air lengthy sufficient to determine an escape plan from the cops attempting to arrest him and the mob attempting to kill him, whereas the producers should preserve the present on air lengthy sufficient to spice up their scores and evade cancellation.“
“I’ve been a fan of Josh Hartnett’s work for so long as I can bear in mind and I can’t wait to go make ‘All Day & All Night time” with him, together with my pals at XYZ,” mentioned Tommy Wirkola in an announcement.
XYZ’s Man Danella added, “Tommy brings a singular imaginative and prescient to all the things he creates, and we’re thrilled to collaborate with him as soon as once more to show one other style assemble on its head. Josh is an icon and was the primary actor Tommy and XYZ approached with the challenge. Collectively, we’ve assembled the dream staff to carry this movie to life.“
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Wirkola lately wrapped manufacturing on Violent Night time 2. David Harbour returns because the ass-kicking Santa Claus, and the remainder of the forged contains Joe Pantoliano (Unhealthy Boys for Life), Jared Harris (Home of Dynamite), Daniela Melchior (The Suicide Squad), Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars), AEW wrestling celebrity Maxwell Friedman, aka MJF, and influencer Andrew “King Bach” Bachelor. Wirkola directed the sequel from a screenplay by Pat Casey and Josh Miller.
In true sequel trend, Casey and Miller teased late final 12 months that the subsequent installment can be greater than the primary. “The Violent Night time motion pictures will not be as massive funds because the Sonic motion pictures, however we nonetheless need this one to really feel greater than the primary one,” Miller mentioned. “And also you don’t need Santa simply trapped in a mansion once more.” Miller additionally teased that whereas the primary one “lived in a Die Onerous house,” the sequel will attempt to herald “slightly Western affect.“
Violent Night time 2 will hit theaters on December 4, 2026.
