Josh Hartnett to Star in Family Drama WHITE LIES - Director Oliver Stone's First Feature Project in a Decade

Three-time Academy Award winner Oliver Stone (Midnight Express, Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July) is working on new movie titled White Lies, which marks his first narrative feature in a decade. Josh Hartnett (Oppenheimer, Trap) is set to star in the movie.

Stone has written and will direct the original feature, which is described to us a departure from his previous work, being an intimate piece that explores “family, loss and pain and how love can change shape in the course of our lifetimes”.

In a story told across three generations, the film “follows Jack Freeman (Hartnett), a child of divorce now repeating his parents’ mistakes in his own marriage and with his own children.

“Feeling trapped, he embarks on a lust-filled journey to free himself—only to find himself more lost than before. When he meets a woman, whose life is the opposite of his own, he begins an unexpected journey of rediscovery.”

Stone talked about returning to write and direct the film in an interview with Deadline, saying, “After nearly 10 years away from features, I feel really like I’m starting again, as when I made Platoon and Salvador in 1986. White Lies will find its natural home, because it’s an eternal story of love.”

Hartnett said of the project: “Oliver explores a universe in White Lies that feels personal and entirely new material from a filmmaker I have long admired and am excited to work with.”

Principal photography has begun and takes place across international locations including Rome, Italy, Bangkok, Thailand, and Sofia, Bulgaria. Additional casting will be revealed soon.

In the meantime, Hartnett is starring in the upcoming Amazon/MGM film Verity opposite Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson from author Colleen Hoover, in theaters on October 2, 2026.