Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach are set for a “The Bear” reunion within the Huge Apple. Each actors are set to make their respective Broadway debuts in a stage play adaptation of “Canine Day Afternoon.”
Pulitzer Prize successful playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis will adapt Sidney Lumet’s Oscar-winning 1975 movie starring Al Pacino and John Cazale. Rupert Goold will direct the manufacturing, which is anticipated to open on Broadway in spring 2026. Bernthal will tackle Pacino’s former position of Sonny Amato. Moss-Bachrach is starring as Sal DeSilva, first performed by Cazale. Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures confirmed the play to Deadline; the WB group not too long ago introduced “Good Evening, and Good Luck” with George Clooney to the stage, in addition to “The Outsiders,” “Actual Girls Have Curves,” “The Bridges of Madison County,” and “Elf.”
The synopsis for the “Canine Day Afternoon” play reads: “Step again into the sweltering summer season of 1972, New York Metropolis — a time when the Vietnam Conflict looms massive, Watergate headlines flood the information, and one man’s determined act captivates the nation. A Brooklyn financial institution maintain up shortly goes flawed, and with every gut-wrenching twist that unfolds, chaos ensues that ignites town as they observe the actions of a person on the sting. ‘Canine Day Afternoon’ is a uncooked, gritty reminder of what occurs when ardour and desperation collide.”
The unique 1975 movie directed by Sidney Lumet from a script written by Frank Pierson was based mostly on the Life journal article “The Boys within the Financial institution” by P. F. Kluge and Thomas Moore. The article chronicled the 1972 theft and hostage state of affairs led by John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile at a Chase Manhattan department in Brooklyn.
Along with roles in “Daredevil: Born Once more” and “The Accountant 2,” Bernthal has carried out in additional than 30 theatrical productions, most not too long ago on the Ojai Theatre Competition the place he produced and starred in a manufacturing of Pulitzer Prize-Winner Martyna Majok’s “Ironbound” reverse Marin Eire. Bernthal additionally not too long ago wrapped manufacturing on Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey.”
Moss-Bachrach will subsequent be seen within the newest season of “The Bear” and MCU movie “The Unbelievable 4: First Steps.” He additionally beforehand co-starred alongside Bernthal in “Sharp Stick” and “The Punisher.”