Alexandra Daddario has joined the crime thriller The Long Island Bank Robber, playing Jeanne Trantel, the wife of a former Wall Street commodities trader turned bank robber. Taylor Kitsch stars as Stephen Trantel, with Christopher Walken cast as Stephen's father, a retired police officer. The film is based on the true story of Stephen Trantel and the non-fiction book "Til Heist Does Us Apart" by Jeanne Callahan and Michael Harvey.
Director Matthew Gentile co-wrote the screenplay with Bianca Vera. Filming begins this month in New Jersey. VanEast Pictures acquired worldwide sales rights and will launch the project for buyers at the American Film Market.
Gentile said the film is "a propulsive heist film on the surface" that also "tackles complex themes of grief, survival, and marriage." He called learning about Trantel's story "in my youth, growing up in New York City as a true-crime obsessive" a formative experience.
The story follows an ordinary man's descent into secret crime, mirroring the structure of Breaking Bad, with a wife who grows suspicious and a family member with a law enforcement background. Gentile directed the 2022 true-crime film American Murderer, which scored 74% on Rotten Tomatoes. Kitsch serves as an executive producer alongside Budnik, Scholey, Kimsey, Allen, Reardon, Fox, Bursteen, and Bursteen.