Sebastian Stan Joins Julianne Moore For Apple TV+ Original A24 Thriller ‘Sharper’
Are you ready for some moreJulianne MooreonApple TV+? How about a littleSebastian Stan? If you answered, “Yes, please,” then you’re in luck, because Moore and Stan will, in fact, be teaming up on Apple TV+ forSharper, a newA24thriller based on a script that madelast year’s Black Listof best unproduced screenplays.
Deadlinereports that Stan will join Moore inSharper, which “follows a con artist, played by Moore, set in Manhattan’s billionaire echelon.” Stan’s character is named Max and he’s “a clever conman known for carrying out complicated plans and making away with large sums of money.”
They used to call him Grifty McGrift and he wrote the book on flim-flamming. No, wait…I’m thinking ofGrampa Simpson.This is a live-action conman we’re talking about, and he’s being played by Sebastian Stan.
Sharperbegan life as a spec screenplay byBrian GatewoodandAlessandro Tanaka. Per Deadline, it has an Emmy- and BAFTA-nominated director attached to it:Benjamin Caron, whose diverse portfolio includes Jay-Z music videos and episodes ofThe Crown.Caron also helmed the series finale ofSherlock,all three episodes of the final season of Kenneth Branagh’sWallander,and he is set to direct one or more episodes ofAndor, the Disney+ prequel toRogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Do You “Stan” Moore or Stan Enough to Subscribe?
We were not all thatenamored ofLisey’s Story, Moore’s first foray into Apple TV+ territory. However, part of the reason for that was because it was Stephen King (who, by his own admission, suffers from literary elephantiasis) self-adapting a story that was maybe too close to his heart.Sharpersounds more promising if only because it’s a script that made the Black List.
Stan is best known for his role as Bucky Barnes, AKA the Winter Soldier, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but we’ve already seen him stretch himself with roles outside the superhero genre in films likeI, Tonya,Destroyer, andThe Devil All the Time. There’s also his performance in Hulu’s upcomingPam and Tommywhich sees him tatted up and nearly unrecognizable as rocker Tommy Lee.
Sharpercomes as part of A24’sdeal with Apple TV+, which has given the streamer exclusive rights to films like Sofia Coppola’sOn the Rocksand Joel Coen’s forthcomingThe Tragedy of Macbeth. When you take into account some of the other acclaimed shows that Apple TV+ has on offer, such asTed LassoandFor All Mankind, it’s definitely shaping up to be more of a serious player in the streaming wars.Sharperwill only add to that. We’ll let you know more details once the film has gone into production and has a release date.
