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EXCLUSIVE: Josh Hartnett (Trap) will star in and produce the action-thriller All Day & All Night, written by Tommy Wirkola and John Niven and to be directed by Wirkola, the Norwegian filmmaker best known for the Violent Night and Dead Snow franchises. Wirkola will produce alongside XYZ Films, who will finance with backing from IPR.VC, and launch worldwide sales at AFM next month. The film is set for production in 2026. The synopsis reads: “When his daughter gets into Harvard, reformed bank robber Billy Davies (Hartnett) returns to a life of crime to come up with the tuition money. But when the bank heist goes horribly wrong, he and his crew accidentally stumble onto the set of a failing reality TV show. Now Billy must stay on air long enough to figure out an escape plan from the cops trying to arrest him and the mob trying to kill him, while the producers must keep the show on air long enough to boost their ratings and evade cancellation.” XYZ’s President of Film Guy Danella will oversee and produce All Day & All Night for XYZ Films. Prior to joining XYZ earlier this year, Danella produced Universal’s Violent Night directed by Tommy Wirkola and Over Your Dead Body. XYZ Films previously served as executive producer on Wirkola’s Dead Snow 2: Red Vs Dead DEAD in 2014, and more recently produced and financed Norwegian film The Trip (directed and co-written by Wirkola), which was released by Netflix in 2021. Wirkola and XYZ then joined forces to remake the film in English, helmed by Jorma Taccone and starring Jason Segel and Samara Weaving. Entitled Over Your Dead Body, the film will be released by IFC next year. Wirkola is an executive producer on the remake. Hartnett is currently in post on MGM/Amazon’s Verity, which is being released October 2026 and based on the novel by Colleen Hoover, and Netflix miniseries Untitled Newfoundland Project. Wirkola just wrapped Universal’s Violent Night 2, scheduled for release in December 2026, and has Sony’s Shiver being released July 2026 starring Phoebe Dynevor, which he wrote, directed and produced. “I’ve been a fan of Josh Hartnett’s work for as long as I can remember and I can’t wait to go make All Day & All Night with him, along with my friends at XYZ,” said Wirkola. “Tommy brings a singular vision to everything he creates, and we’re thrilled to collaborate with him once again to turn another genre construct on its head. Josh is an icon and was the first actor Tommy and XYZ approached with the project. Together, we’ve assembled the dream team to bring this film to life,” said XYZ’s Guy Danella. Hartnett is repped by Verve Talent and Literary Agency, Entertainment 360 and Sloane, Offer. Wirkola is repped by CAA and Untitled Entertainment.
