Breaking Badstar Bryan Cranston will team up with Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone forLone Wolf, a new action thriller. Cranston remains best known for his role as anti-hero Walter White in the acclaimed AMC dramaBreaking Bad, which concluded in 2013. Gladstone, meanwhile, had her breakout last year withMartin Scorsese’sKillers of the Flower Moon, which earned her a nomination for Best Actress at the Academy Awards.
Deadlinenow reports thatCranston and Gladstone will star together inLone Wolf, an action-thriller to be directed by Mark Pellington(Arlington Road). Tom Chilcoat wrote the script for the film, which will feature Gladstone as a troubled combat veteran recruited by Cranston’s contractor character for a covert plot to assassinate a politician. After realizing that it was a set-up, Gladstone’s character must take on shadow agents in order to protect her son. Pellington describes the film as a “character-based thriller.”
Producers forLone Wolfinclude Ted Hope and his Double Hope banner and Christine Vachon of Killer Films. Speaking about the film’s casting, Vachon said the following: “We couldn’t ask for a better cast than Lily and Bryan. They are each so deeply committed to the roles.Each said ‘yes!’ days after we submitted.”
The project is made in association with Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman of Yale Productions, withthe company expressing hope that the film will be ready to be presented at “top 2025 fall festivals.“Rabbits Black provides financial backing for the movie. Executive producers include Sean Krajewski, Lawrence Minicone, Ronnie Exley, Jeremy Ross, Edmund Lowell, Will Hirschfeld, Nicholas Donnermeyer, Jonathan Bijari, Scott Levenson, Barry Schneider, Marsha L. Swinton, and Jason Kringstein. Jeremy Rothstein, Declan Morgan, and Brandon Freeman are co-executive producing.
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WhileLone Wolf’s story doesn’t sound particularly groundbreaking for the action-thriller genre, Gladstone and Cranston could certainly elevate the material. In addition to being nominated for an Oscar for her role as Mollie Burkhart in theKillers of the Flower Mooncast,Gladstone was also recently nominated for an Emmy for her work inUnder the Bridge,a Hulu limited series. She also recently starred inFancy Dance, which currently has a 96% critics' score onRotten Tomatoes.
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Cranston, on the other hand, has 15 Emmy award nominations and wins, including three consecutive wins for his role as Walter inBreaking Bad. After bidding farewell to the AMC show in 2013, Cranston continues to appear regularly in TV and movies, including inMatthew Vaughn’sArgylleearlier this year and inYour Honor, a popular crime drama that ran for two seasons. Both Cranston and Gladstone appearing inLone Wolf, then, means audiences are likely in for some powerful performances at the very least.
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Gladstone hasn’t yet proven herself as an action star, butLone Wolfcould be just the film to do it. Though she’s best known for more supporting performances,the upcoming movie could cement her as a powerful lead, potentially opening the door for more action-oriented roles moving forward. In addition to critical success, however, the film would have to achieve box office success to do this.
Cranston, meanwhile, seems to be operating more in his lane, which certainly isn’t a bad thing, as he seems well-suited to a shadowy contractor character. IfLone Wolfcan deliver thrilling action on top of compelling character drama and a powerful story, it could end up being a strong entry in the action thriller genre.
