Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach will make their Broadway debuts subsequent 12 months in Canine Day Afternoon, a brand new play by Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Adly Guirgis (Between Riverside and Loopy) primarily based on the true crime that impressed Sidney Lumet’s Oscar-winning 1975 movement image starring Al Pacino and John Cazale.
The play will likely be directed by two-time Olivier Award winner Rupert Goold (King Charles III). Bernthal will play Sonny Amato, the character performed by Pacino within the movie, and Moss-Bachrach will painting Sal DeSilva, John Cazale within the film. (The surnames had been totally different within the movie.)
The play is predicted to open on Broadway in spring 2026. Extra casting was not disclosed.
The synopsis: Step again into the sweltering summer season of 1972, New York Metropolis—a time when the Vietnam Warfare looms giant, Watergate headlines flood the information, and one man’s determined act captivates the nation. A Brooklyn financial institution maintain up rapidly goes flawed, and with every gut-wrenching twist that unfolds, chaos ensues that ignites the town as they comply with the actions of a person on the sting. Canine Day Afternoon is a uncooked, gritty reminder of what occurs when ardour and desperation collide.
The announcement was made at the moment by Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures (Government Vice President & Managing Director Mark Kaufman), Sue Wagner, John Johnson, and Patrick Catullo.
“Attica! Attica!” turned a defiant catchphrase after chanted by Al Pacino in ‘Canine Day Afternoon’ (1975)
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The 1975 movie directed by Lumet was written by Frank Pierson primarily based on the Life journal article “The Boys within the Financial institution” by P. F. Kluge and Thomas Moore. The journal characteristic chronicles the 1972 theft and hostage scenario led by John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile at a Chase Manhattan department in Brooklyn. Produced by Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand, the movie additionally starred James Broderick, Charles Durning and Chris Sarandon as Sonny’s boyfriend who wants Sonny’s cash for gender-affirming surgical procedure.
Bernthal has carried out in additional than 30 theatrical productions, most lately on the Ojai Theatre Pageant the place he produced and starred in a manufacturing of Pulitzer Prize-Winner Martyna Majok’s Ironbound, reverse Marin Eire. Bernthal additionally starred in Rogue Machine Theatre’s manufacturing of Small Engine Restore which had its New York premiere at MCC in 2013. Bernthal had beforehand starred in Neil LaBute’s Fats Pig (Geffen Playhouse), Langford Wilson’s Fifth of July (New York’s Signature Theatre), The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui as “Ui,” (Portland Stage Firm), and That is Our Youth (Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C.). On the movie facet, Bernthal at the moment stars alongside Ben Affleck in The Accountant 2, and alongside Rami Malek within the CIA spy thriller The Novice. Bernthal lately wrapped manufacturing for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, starring alongside Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o and Charlize Theron, amongst many different movies.
On TV Bernthal can at the moment be seen in Disney+ Daredevil: Born Once more, reprising his position as Frank Fortress/The Punisher and in 2024, Bernthal received his first Emmy award for his position in Season 2 of Hulu’s The Bear. Bernthal additionally starred within the HBO Sequence We Personal This Metropolis, AMC’s breakout hit The Strolling Lifeless and Frank Darabont’s Mob Metropolis, amongst many others.
Moss-Bachrach has appeared in HBO’s Women, Netflix’s The Punisher, Disney+’s Andor, Hulu’s The Dropout and FX’s The Bear, in addition to characteristic movies No Onerous Emotions, Maintain Your Breath, The Lake Home, Mona Lisa Smile and Lola Versus. He’ll subsequent be seen alongside castmates Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn and Vanessa Kirby within the extremely anticipated Matt Shakman-helmed Marvel Cinematic Universe characteristic The Implausible 4: First Steps, by which he performs Ben Grimm, The Factor.
Director Goold has received two Olivier Awards, and his British productions which have transferred to Broadway embody the musical American Psycho, James Graham’s play Ink, in addition to Tammy Faye, Patriots, Enron and Macbeth starring Patrick Stewart. Rupert’s first characteristic movie was 2015’s True Story starring James Franco and Jonah Hill, adopted by Judy, written by Tom Edge and starring Renee Zellweger.
Gurgis’ Broadway credit embody The Motherf***er with the Hat (6 Tony Nominations, together with Greatest Play) and Tony-nominated Between Riverside and Loopy.
Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, which has been creating Canine Day Afternoon, is at the moment repped on Broadway by The Outsiders, Good Night time, and Good Luck; and Actual Ladies Have Curves, and previous to these reveals had such Broadway productions as Stephen King’s Distress, The Curious Incident of the Canine within the Night time-Time, The Bridges of Madison County and the vacation hit Elf. Upcoming initiatives embody The Misplaced Boys, and Loopy Wealthy Asians.
