Accomplices Chris Hemsworth and Mark Ruffalo will meet for the sixth time but not for a Marvel film! “Crime 101” will be the first joint feature film outside of the MCU. The film is adapted from a short story described as the new “Heat”.
Six years after Avengers: Endgame, Chris ‘Thor’ Hemsworth and Mark ‘Hulk’ Ruffalo will meet again… but not in a Marvel movie!
The two actors will star in the thriller Crime 101. This will be their sixth collaboration after Avengers (2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019) and their first joint film outside the MCU.
Deadline specifies that the feature film is adapted from the novel of the same name by Don Winslow, an American novelist known among other things for “Savages” adapted for the cinema by Oliver Stone.
A story compared to “Heat”
The story of “Crime 101” is part of a collection of six short novels published under the title “The Price of Vengeance”. The short story has been compared to Michael Mann’s Heat starring Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Val Kilmer.
Fine jewelry thefts are taking place on the Pacific coast of the United States and police have established a link between these thefts and Colombian cartels. But Detective Lou Lubesnick has other ideas, and focuses on a single culprit, a thief looking to pull off the ultimate heist.
Bart Layton (The Imposter, American Animals) will direct this heist film from a screenplay co-written with Peter Straughan (The Goldfinch). Chris Hemsworth will produce the film with his wife, Elsa Pataky, and producing partner Ben Grayson.
Mark Ruffalo replaces Pedro Pascal
The project was announced in September 2023, when Crime 101 was purchased by Prime Video. Pedro Pascal was also considered to opposite Chris Hemsworth before the role was finally offered to Mark Ruffalo.
A reunion that will delight fans of the MCU and Ruffalo who will find the actor in a heist film after Elusive by Louis Leterrier. No release date has been announced yet.
Chris Hemsworth is showing from this Wednesday, May 22, Furiosa: a Mad Max saga in which he plays Dementus alongside Anya Taylor-Joy who slips into the skin of the heroine Furiosa. For his part, Mark Ruffalo will be showing from January 29, 2025 in Mickey 17 by Bong Joon Ho with Robert Pattinson and reprises the role of Hulk in Captain America: Brave New World, in theaters on February 12, 2025. The actor will then join the filming of Elusive 3 directed by Ruben Fleischer.
