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Jared Leto To Produce, Star In H.wood Media Film Inspired By Professor-Turned-Cat Burglar Suspect Dr. Lawrence Gray


Jared Leto will produce and star in a film inspired by professor turned cat burglar suspect Dr. Lawrence Gray from h.wood Media, Deadline can reveal.

EXCLUSIVE: Academy Award winner Jared Leto is set to produce and star in a new film from h.wood Media, the multi-strategy vertical of L.A.-based hospitality company The h.wood Group, that draws inspiration from the story of retired professor-turned-cat burglar suspect Dr. Lawrence Gray. Best known for transformative turns in such acclaimed features as Dallas Buyers Club — for which he won a Supporting Actor Oscar — Requiem for a Dream and Blade Runner 2049, Leto most recently starred as WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann in Apple TV+’s miniseries WeCrashed. Led by Jeremy Allen, a Partner at New Slate Ventures, the company’s other current projects include Sony’s Hell Naw!, written by the Lucas Brothers and starring Kid Cudi, and the Jean-Michel Basquiat documentary King Pleasure, co-produced by Boardwalk Pictures’ Quinn Wilson.

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