Jeremy Allen White and Austin Butler Join Forces for A24’s Crime Thriller ENEMIES

Jeremy Allen White and Austin Butler are teaming up for Enemies, a gritty new crime saga from The Standoff at Sparrow Creek filmmaker Henry Dunham. The project is set up at A24, and cameras are set to roll this summer in Chicago on the $25 million production. It's shaping up to be one hell of a ride.

The story centers on a relentless detective and a notorious contract killer locked in a brutal, high-stakes game of cat and mouse.

White, fresh off two Emmy wins for The Bear, and Butler, still riding high from Elvis and Dune: Part Two, are set to go head-to-head in what sounds like a tense, psychological showdown.

Dunham is writing and directing, bringing his knack for tight, character-driven tension to the table. I suspect that the movie will be a slow burn story with sharp dialogue, and lots of moral murk.

The film is being produced by Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen of Square Peg, with Alejandro De Leon also producing and Josh Bachove executive producing.

Aster, best known for Hereditary and Midsommar, is clearly keeping busy, his latest directorial effort, Eddington, a COVID-era western starring Pedro Pascal and Joaquin Phoenix, just made its Cannes debut.

Enemies adds to A24’s slate, which also includes Spike Lee’s High and Low remake (Highest 2 Lowest), which reunites the director with Denzel Washington for the fifth time. That project, set in New York’s music world.