Vincent D’Onofriohas joined the cast ofDarren Aronofsky’s new thriller.Caught Stealingwill starAustin Butleras a former baseball player who finds himself in deadly danger in 1990s New York City.Deadline reportsthat D’Onofrio’s role in the film is being kept under wraps for now.

The film is based on the 2005 novel of the same name byCharlie Huston; it will star Butler as Hank Thompson, a onetime teen baseball sensation who’s now tending bar in New York City. When he agrees to look after his neighbor’s cat, he finds himself drawn into a complex web of deception and danger. Before long, he’s on the run from cops and criminals alike, armed with only a baseball bat and his wits. The novel was previously in development a decade ago, and was to starPatrick WilsonandAlec Baldwin, but never entered production. Also starring in the film areZoë Kravitz(The Batman),Regina King(If Beale Street Could Talk),Matt Smith(House of the Dragon),Liev Schreiber(The Perfect Couple),Will Brill(Fellow Travelers),Bad Bunny(Bullet Train), andGriffin Dunne(An American Werewolf in London).

Who Is Vincent D’Onofrio?

D’Onofrio broke out with his role as Marine cadet Leonard “Private Pyle” Lawrence inStanley Kubrick’sFull Metal Jacket. Other notable film roles includeAdventures in Babysitting,JFK,Ed Wood(playingOrson Welles),Men in Black,The Cell,Sinister, andJurassic World. He also starred as the meticulous Detective Robert Goren on over 140 episodes ofLaw & Order: Criminal Intent. He was Emmy-nominated for his harrowing guest-starring role on an episode ofHomicide: Life on the Streetas a man pinned between a subway train and the platform who is doomed to die as soon as the train moves. He has received great acclaim in recent years for playing the imposing crime lord Wilson Fisk, alias the Kingpin, on the Netflix Marvel adaptationDaredevil. He recently reprised the role on the Disney+ Marvel seriesHawkeyeandEcho, and will return to the role once more in next year’sDaredevil: Born Againseries. He currently stars alongsideForest WhitakerinGodfather of Harlem, and recently appeared in the filmsDumb Money,Wildcat, andLift.

Caught Stealing’s script will be written by Huston, adapting his own novel. It will be produced for Sony Pictures by Aronofsky’s production company, Protozoa Pictures.

Caught Stealingis in pre-production;no release date has yet been announced. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.