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Rami Malek has connect Denzel Washington in the dramatis personae forThe Little Things . Fresh off his Oscar win for playing Freddie Mercury inBohemian Rhapsody , Malek has already put his newfound biff to expend by signing on to toy the scoundrel in Cary Fukunaga ’s as - yet untitledJames Bond 25 . He ’s also get the last season ofMr . Robotarriving by and by this year , and will loan his voice to next year’sThe Voyage of Doctor Dolittleadaptation starring Robert Downey Jr. Before then , however , Malek is going to costar in an original serial grampus thriller .
Written and conduct by John Lee Hancock ( The Blindside , The Highwaymen),The Little Thingswill principal Washington as Deke , a bright but burnt - out Kern County deputy sheriff who fall in forces with another police detective to capture a in series killer . By the looking of things , the undertaking ( which Washington joined in March ) will brand one of the Oscar - winner ’s next appearances on the bighearted screen , along with his role in Joel Coen’sMacbethadaptation . And with production have a bun in the oven to get underway in a few months , it seem the film has ground Washington ’s onscreen better half to boot .
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harmonize toThe Wrap , Malek has entered talks and is expect to close up a mass to star inThe Little Thingsopposite Washington . The actor , assuming he formally sign on , will encounter Baxter , a Los Angeles County Sheriff Department ’s detective who team up with the old and more experienced Deke to track down and capture suppose mysterious murderer . The site further reports filming is scheduled to begin in September , with Oscar - winner Mark Johnson ( who also worked on Hancock’sThe RookieandThe Alamo ) producing .
Washington , for his part , is far from a alien to playing the old , impertinent , and more grizzled atomic number 27 - lead opposite a younger thespian . The formula has resulted in some memorable pairings ( namely , Washington and Ethan Hawke inTraining Day ) , as well as some combination that leave behind a weaker effect , but worked well enough on their own ( see : Washington starring opposite Chris Pine and Ryan Reynolds inUnstoppableandSafe House , respectively ) . Malek , as it were , has a very unlike screen comportment from Washington , so the yoke could make for an divertingly off - kelter offence work couplet inThe Little thing . They might even have some comedic chemistry , if in a subtler style than Washington and Mark Wahlberg did in the action - comedy2 gun .
Beyond that , The niggling Thingsmakes sense as a vehicle for Washington and Malek alike . The former has vibrate between pulpy genre fare and more prestigious material throughout his vocation , and will carry on to do in the future thanks to this project andMacbeth . He ’s similarly gear up to orchestrate a film based on diary keeper Dana Canedy ’s memoir , Journal for Jordan , as a follow-up to his third directorial effort on 2016’sFences . Malek , meanwhile , has this motion picture andBond 25to offset his more late awards - friendly offerings likeBohemian RhapsodyandPapillon(lest he become known for Oscar - baiting fomite only ) .
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