Back in 2018, director Oliver Stone set out to make White Lies his next film, with Benicio Del Toro expected to star. However, years have passed, and it seemed the project had quietly fallen off the radar. Well, not so fast, because Deadline reports the film is back on track, only now with Josh Hartnett in the lead role.
A multi-generational New York tale, White Lies follows Jack, a child of divorce now repeating his parents’ mistakes in his own marriage and with his troubled son. Feeling trapped, he embarks on a lust-filled journey to free himself, but only becomes more lost. When he meets a woman whose life is the opposite of his own, he begins a journey of rediscovery.
This would be Stone’s first feature film since Snowden in 2016. The controversial veteran filmmaker known for his fiery political thrillers, has struggled for years to get financing for his projects, with White Lies counted among them.
Coming up for Hartnett is the anticipated Colleen Hoover adaptation, Verity, alongside Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson.
Stone is gearing up production on White Lies now in Bulgaria, Rome, and Thailand.
