Final talks are underway for LaKeith Stanfield to play the lead role in the thriller Die, My Love, directed by Lynne Ramsay, with Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson. Ramsay and Enda Walsh collaborated on the script as well.

The drama, which takes place in a secluded, forgotten rural area, centers onea Calderwood, Black Label Media, Justine Ciarrocchi, and L a mother who fights madness while trying to keep her sanity. Who Stanfield would portray is a mystery.

Martin Scorsese, Andrawrence (under their Excellent Cadaver moniker) producing. The picture is also financed by Black Label Media.

Stanfield is continuing to deliver a diversified slate as he continue to be one of Hollywood’s busier stars. He was most recently seen in Sony and Legendary’s The Book of Clarence as well as Disney’s The Haunted Mansion. On the TV side, he starred in the Apple TV+ drama The Changeling, which he also exec produced.

In 2021, he was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in Judas and the Black Messiah. Upcoming projects include Play Dirty alongside Mark Wahlberg, Dermot Mulroney and Tony Shalhoub; starring and producing the film adaptation of El Paso, Elsewhere and lending his voice to the documentary Ernest Cole: Lost and Found.

Stanfield recently joined the ensemble of Bernard Rose’s Lear Rex. He is repped by CAA and Stark Management.