LaKeith Stanfield Joins Mark Wahlberg in Shane Black’s ‘Play Dirty’ (Exclusive)

, who is coming off of starring in Jeymes Samuel’s , has joined Mark Wahlberg in in , the crime thriller that is directing for Amazon MGM Studios. An adaptation of Donald E. Westlake’s Parker novels, the feature stars Wahlberg as the hardened professional thief who is, naturally, double crossed and left for dead.

His hunt for revenge, however, brings with it a shot at the biggest heist of his career. But, per the studio, even with the help of his partner, an actor slash con artist named Grofield, he’ll still need to outsmart a South American dictator, the New York mob and the world’s richest man if he hopes to stay alive.

Stanfield will play Grofield, the con artist. Black, Charles Mondry, and Anthony Bagarozzi wrote the script. Jules Daly and Marc Toberoff are producing. The project was previously being produced by Joel Silver but Silver was over claims of verbal abuse. Exec producing are Team Downey’s Robert Downey Jr.

and Susan Downey as well as Black, Mondry, Bagarozzi and James Skotchdopole. Ezra Emanuel is co producing. Stanfield earned an Oscar nomination in the best supporting category for his performance in 2021’s and starred in last year’s Disney summer tentpole . He is also known for his starring in and for his work on FX series .

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