EXCLUSIVE: Emmy winner Dan Bucatinsky (Scandal) and Emmy-nominated Entourage alum Kevin Dillon have joined the forged of thriller The Highest Stakes from Steven Paul’s SP Media Group. They be a part of beforehand introduced Dylan Walsh, Seth Inexperienced and Charlie Weber.
In The Highest Stakes, 5 strangers are invited to a high-stakes poker recreation, however because the night time unfolds and buried secrets and techniques come to mild, they uncover the sport isn’t about successful – it’s about survival.
Tony Dean Smith (Volition) directs from a script by Gary Preisler (Gold Diggers) primarily based on a narrative by Paul, who produces. The movie is slated for distribution by Paramount World Content material Distribution subsequent 12 months.
Bucatinsky performs Dr. Scott Stevens, studious but anxious, Stevens is a gifted surgeon who’s additionally a gambler. When his playing money owed grew an excessive amount of for him, Dr. Stevens then made tens of hundreds of {dollars} per thirty days on the black market by stealing kidneys from unsuspecting sufferers. We start to see that he’s not minimize out for this high-stakes poker recreation.
Dillon portrays Detective Michael Quinn, a embellished detective who has seen his share of motion. Good, self-serving, however jaded through the years, he is among the gamers within the poker recreation.
Bucatinsky will subsequent seem in a significant recurring position on the fourth season of Hacks and is serving as a inventive producer/author on Hulu’s Midcentury Fashionable. He’s repped by Principal Leisure and Revolutionary Artists.
Along with his position of Johnny “Drama” Chase on Entourage, Dillon additionally is thought for his work within the movies Platoon, No Escape and cult basic The Blob. He’s repped by Gallant Administration and Sloane, Provide, Weber and Dern.
