EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off his acclaimed performance in One Battle After Another, Benicio Del Toro has found his follow-up project as he is set to star in reenactment, with Cameron Diaz in talks to co-star. Grant Singer wrote the original screenplay and will direct.
Production is set to begin soon in Los Angeles, and full details are being kept under wraps.
Molly Smith, Trent Luckinbill and Thad Luckinbill of Black Label will produce along with Patrick Wachsberger of 193, a Legendary company. Black Label’s Rachel Smith will Executive Produce along with Bradley Thomas of Imperative, Ashley Stern of 193 and LBI’s Rick Yorn and Scott Greenberg.
This project reunites Singer with Black Label Media and Del Toro following his 2023 directorial debut Reptile. The pic had its world premiere at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival and was released by Netflix, where it topped the streaming charts.
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Del Toro is onscreen in Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another. He is repped by LBI Entertainment, Range Media Partners and Hansen Jacobson Teller.
Diaz most recently appeared in the 2025 Netflix action comedy Back in Action opposite Jamie Foxx. Netflix reported that the feature was the most watched film of 2025 so far. She is repped by LBI Entertainment and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.
Black Label Media is also in development The White Vanwith Singer attached to direct. He is repped by CAA, LBI Entertainment and attorney Steve Burkow.
Black Label is behind Lynne Ramsay’s Cannes-debuting pic Goodbye My Love, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson. The film, which they also financed, premiered at Cannes, where it was acquired by Mubi in a bidding war for $24 million. It will be released in theaters on November 7. Next up, Black Label will reteam with director JD Dillard for The Strangefor which casting is underway.
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193 is a stand-alone joint venture with Legendary and has support from Legendary’s resources and divisions. At its inaugural Cannes Film Festival in 2025, 193 secured international sales for four marquee films. These included the biggest sale of the festival for psychological thriller Die My Lovefrom four-time Cannes prize winner Ramsey.
193’s other 2025 Cannes sales biopic drama Scandalous!the directorial debut of two-time Oscar nominee Colman Domingo, starring Sydney Sweeney and David Jonsson; action pic The Surgeonstarring Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh, from physician and acclaimed filmmaker Roshan Sethi, reuniting Wachsberger with his John Wick collaborator Basil Iwanyk; and The Toxic Avengera darkly comedic reimagining of the 1984 cult classic. Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner Macon Blair wrote and directed the film, which stars four-time Emmy winner Peter Dinklage alongside Kevin Bacon, Elijah Wood and Jacob Tremblay.
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