Jude Law to Star in Getaway Driver Movie by Zach Baylin
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- Jude Law will star in a new getaway driver film written by Zach Baylin and produced by Law's own company Riff Raff Entertainment, with the project unveiled Tuesday at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
- Riff Raff Entertainment co-founder Ben Jackson said the idea originated from car chases in their 2024 Venice-premiering film 'The Order': 'Jude was having a lot of fun doing that, and then we brainstormed an idea, and Zach has now written a really great script.'
- Zach Baylin co-created the Netflix miniseries 'Black Rabbit' (starring Law and Jason Bateman) with Kate Susman, co-wrote 'The Order,' and earned an Oscar nomination for 'King Richard,' according to Riff Raff head of film and TV Katie Sinclair.
- Sinclair framed the project as a range-expansion for Law, noting 'Jude hasn't really done action like that before' and that his involvement 'sets it apart from other movies in the genre.'
- Riff Raff developed and produced both 'Black Rabbit' and 'The Order,' and Sinclair said the getaway driver film moves the company into 'a much bigger scale of project' while staying 'character driven and anchored.'
- Jackson and Sinclair also revealed Baylin is developing a new TV series with Riff Raff, though no details were disclosed at the festival panel.
Why it matters: The project signals Riff Raff Entertainment's move to bigger-scale, action-driven filmmaking while leveraging its existing creative pipeline: the script comes from the same team behind two prior Law vehicles, 'The Order' and 'Black Rabbit.' For Law, a self-described first foray into sustained action expands the genre range he can offer future collaborators, while Baylin's involvement adds Oscar-pedigree credibility to Riff Raff's slate expansion.
