Producer Mad Chance ( American Sniper ) has set Channing Tatum , Oscar Isaac and Zazie Beetz to star in New York crime story Kockroach, which will be a hot package at the TIFF market next week.

Pic is the story of a mysterious stranger who takes on New York’s criminal elite, transforming himself into a larger-than-life crime boss in a city where power is everything.

The feature is an adaptation of the novel by William Lashner, writing as Tyler Knox, and will be directed by Matt Ross ( Captain Fantastic ) from a screenplay written by Jonathan Ames ( You Were Never Really Here ) with revisions by Matt Ross. Andrew Lazar( American Sniper ) is producing under his Mad Chance production banner.

Principal photography is scheduled to begin in January in Australia.

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