CBS Films and Lionsgate have announced today that Sanaa Lathan and Shiva Negar (Four in the Morning, The Art of More) are joining Dylan O’Brien (Deepwater Horizon, The Maze Runner), Academy Award nominee Michael Keaton (Birdman, Spotlight) and Taylor Kitsch (Lone Survivor, True Detective) in the adaptation of the Vince Flynn bestseller American Assassin.
American Assassin will be the latest release in the partnership between CBS Films and Lionsgate.
The film will be co-financed by the two companies with CBS Films handling production and marketing and Lionsgate handling distribution.
American Assassin follows the rise of Mitch Rapp (O’Brien) a CIA black ops recruit under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley (Michael Keaton).