KeoghansAmerican AnimalsdirectorBart Laytonis aboard to direct the feature, produced byElement Picturesand RAW withFilm4.
I wanted to humanize him in a way.
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The project will lean into the Kids Irish ancestry and complicated childhood.
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His notoriety escalated from there, and he was 21 when Sheriff Pat Garrett shot him to death.
What he found in the margins was what intrigued him.
He was running his whole life.
Keoghan introduced the project to Layton during the shoot forAmerican Animals.
Our understanding of Billy the Kid is really the comic book version.
A lot of it was circumstance edging him forward.
He can really embody both things at once, and thats the essence of Billy the Kid.
Keoghan had first attempted to set the project up in early 2020, but the pandemic shutdown backburnered it.
Now, with a new script from writer Hunter Andrews, Keoghan and co. are eager to get going.
Layton hopes to schedule production for the early half of 2024.
Keoghan says he intends the role to be the one that hes remembered for.
Barts like a brother, and Ed has always been there for me.
