Almost ten years after he went on a Texas crime spree inHell or High Water,Chris Pineis headed back to the Lone Star State. He’s set to star inNowhere Fast, a new Texas-set crime thriller.Variety reportsthat the film will be written and directed byNoah Hawley.
Pine will star in the film as a small-town and small-time criminal who inadvertently kills his boss' nephew; mayhem, naturally, ensues. It’s a return to the subject matter ofHell or High Water, the 2016 thriller that earned Pine some of the best reviews of his career, and helped put screenwriterTaylor Sheridanon the path to building his TV empire.Nowhere Fastwill be Hawley’s second feature; his first, 2019’sLucy in the Sky, was a loose retelling of the troubled life of astronautLisa Nowak. It was poorly received by critics and was a commercial disaster. Hawley has had much more success on the small screen; he created FX’sFargoanthology series, which aired its well-received fifth season in late 2023, and also the hallucinogenic Marvel Comics adaptationLegion. He is next set to tackle a beloved franchise in the form ofAlien: Earth, which will take the cosmic horror of the series to terra firma for the first time: it will debut on FX this summer.
What Has Chris Pine Starred in Lately?
Pine had a busy 2023; in addition to starring in the cult favoriteDungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thievesand lending his voice to Disney’s 100th anniversary filmWish, he also directed his first feature,Poolman. Unfortunately, neither critics nor audiences cared for Pine’s turn as a Dude-esque slacker, and the film sank like a stone. Next up, Pine is set to star in his first foreign-language feature:The Kidnapping of Arabella, which will starImmaculate’sBenedetta Porcarolias a woman who believes she’s the wrong version of herself. A fourth film in the big-screenStar Trekseries, in which Pine would return to the role of Captain Kirk, is also in the works at Paramount. The cinematic franchise has remained in drydock ever since 2016’sStar Trek Beyond; at last report,The Flight Attendant’sSteve Yockeywas penning the film.
Nowhere Fastwill be produced by Hawley’s Austin-based production company 26 Keys Productions. It will be financed by 30West and CAA Media Finance. Additional casting for the film is underway.
Nowhere Fastis in development;no additional casting or release date have yet been announced. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
Hell or High Water
