Patrick Schwarzenegger to Star in ‘The Journeyman’ as Tom Holland’s Billy17 Teams With Sony on Thriller ‘Penthouse’

Patrick Schwarzenegger (The White Lotus) is set to lead crime thriller The Journeyman, while Sony Pictures has pre-emptively acquired Penthouse, an original thriller idea by Drew Pearce that is being developed as a starring vehicle for Tom Holland.In The Journeyman, Schwarzenegger will play a down-on-his-luck tennis professional who is drawn into the dangerous world of match-fixing to make ends meet for his family. Leslie Grace (In the Heights) will co-star as his fiercely loyal fiancée. Ángel Manuel Soto (Wrecking Crew) will direct from a screenplay by husband-and-wife writing duo The Roberts, with revisions by Bill Dubuque (Ozark).AGC Studios will fully finance and produce The Journeyman, with Stuart Ford producing alongside Bryan Haas (The Order), Mason Eways and Scott Franklin (Black Swan). AGC’s Miguel A. Palos, Jr., Zach Garrett and Anant Tamirisa will executive-produce. Production is scheduled to begin on November 30 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with The Pimienta Film Company providing production services.Meanwhile, Sony Pictures has secured Penthouse, which will be written by Pearce, known for his work on The Fall Guy, Iron Man 3 and The Thomas Crown Affair. Holland and his partners at Billy17 will play an instrumental role in developing the project alongside Pearce and his production company, Point of No Return. Plot details remain under wraps, though the film is described as a thriller.Holland will produce Penthouse alongside Harry Holland and Will South for Billy17, with Pearce producing for Point of No Return. Ian Fisher will executive-produce for Point of No Return.The acquisition further strengthens the relationship between Sony Pictures and Holland, whose production company, Billy17, has a producing deal with the studio. The collaboration follows the reported record-breaking success of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which has grossed more than $2 billion worldwide.With The Journeyman exploring the criminal underworld of professional tennis and Penthouse positioning Holland for another thriller-led project, both films add to a growing slate of high-profile genre productions.