Jake Gyllenhaal is set to star in and produce Cut & Run, an upcoming heist thriller that will see Gyllenhaal take part in heists on the open sea.

The film is billed as a heist thriller about a group of thieves using high-powered speedboats to rob superyachts, who steal the wrong thing from the wrong group of people.

Gyllenhaal will produce under his Nine Stories Productions banner with Glenn, New Republic’s Founder Brian Oliver and its President Bradley Fischer.

New Republic Pictures won rights to the spec script, written by John Glenn, after a bidding war with several potential buyers.

In addition to starring, Gyllenhaal will produce the film through his company Nine Stories Productions. New Republic founder Brian Oliver and president Bradley Fischer will also produce alongside Glenn.

Cut & Run is the latest partnership for Gyllenhaal and New Republic, having worked together on the upcoming Universal title Ambulance, directed by Michael Bay.

Gyllenhaal is an Oscar and Golden Globe nominee who most recently starred in Antoine Fuqua’s Netflix thriller The Guilty, as well as the Universal animated film Spirit Untamed, Jon Watts’ Spider-Man: Far from Home, Dan Gilroy’s Velvet Buzzsaw, Jacques Audiard’s The Sisters Brothers and Paul Dano’s Wildlife.

Source: Press Release