Ethan Hawke is set to appear in the highly-anticipated heist thriller “Cut Throat City.”
The film, directed by Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA, centers around four childhood friends who return to New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina. They find their homes destroyed and prospects for work swept away. They turn to a local gangster for employment, and the crew is hired to pull off a daring casino heist right in the heart of the city. When the heist goes awry, the boys are left to focus on a dangerous crime spree, fighting for their survival while both hunted by the warlord and two idealistic detectives.
According to Deadline, Hawke will play Jackson Symms, a highly-respected city councilman and retired NOLA deputy chief who has a keen sense of the less fortunate community members he serves, the 9th ward is his district. Symms is pained by the death, property damage, and family despair that Hurricane Katrina has caused—specifically it reminds him of the loss of his wife.
Starring alongside Hawke is Terrence Howard, Wesley Snipes, Eiza González, Kat Graham, Tip “T.I.” Harris, Joel David Moore, Isiah Washington, Keenan Johnson, Sam Daly, Denzel Whitaker, Rob Morgan, Rich Paul, Demetrius Shipp Jr., and Shameik Moore.
As mentioned, the New Orleans-set film is directed by Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA and based on a script from P.G. Cuscheri.
The film is slated for a 2019 release. You can watch the teaser trailer below: