Darren Aronofsky‘s latest finally has an official theatrical release date. THR reports that “Caught Stealing,” starring ascendant leading man Austin Butler, will hit theaters on August 29. Sony Pictures hopes that date will make the crime pic a late summer success, and that’s not the only release news from the studio.
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But more on that later, as “Caught Stealing” ranks as one of 2025’s more anticipated movies. Aronofsky’s follow-up to 2022’s “The Whale” sees Butler stars in the 1990s-set thriller as Hank Thompson, a down-and-out former baseball player whose spate of bad luck sees him fall in with the NYC criminal underworld. Zoë Kravtiz stars opposite Butler, with Regina King, Liev Schreiber, Matt Smith, and Baby Bunny rounding out the main cast. Aronofsky directs a script by Charlie Huston, who wrote the original “Caught Stealing” novel from 2004. The film is a Protozoa Pictures production.
It’s unclear what other films “Caught Stealing” will vie against on its opening weekend, but the horror film “Shelby Oaks,” shooter sequel “Nobody 2,” and Disney‘s “Freakier Friday” hit theaters earlier in August. Also on the way that month is Paul Thomas Anderson‘s “One Battle After Another,” which remains one of the summer box office’s most intriguing question marks. Time will tell how Aronofsky and Butler’s relative star power measures up against their August competition.
But an official release date for “Caught Stealing” means Sony’s previous release for August 29 gets pushed back. And it’s a significant shift, as the still-untitled sixth entry in the “Insidious” franchise moves back a year to an August 21, 2026 release. The follow-up to 2023’s “Insidious: The Red Door” marks the directorial debut of franchise mainstay Patrick Wilson, who’s been in the series since James Wan‘s 2010 original. It’s a puzzling move for Screen Gems and Blumhouse to push back the next film in the highly lucrative horror franchise (it’s made $731 million worldwide off a combined budget of $42.5 million), but maybe Wilson wants to get his entry just right.
In other Sony release news, the studio also took an untitled Marvel movie set for a June 27, 2025 off their calendar. It’s unclear what project that was, but the news speaks to Sony pivoting away from their Marvel plans after the underwhelming performance on both “Madame Web” and “Kraven The Hunter” last year.
“Caught Stealing” isn’t the only Austin Butler vehicle in theaters this year. The actor also stars in Ari Aster‘s “Eddington,” which A24 still hasn’t given a date, too. Maybe that one also hits this summer, making it a Summer Of Austin?
