Sony Pictures has dropped the official trailer for Caught Stealing, the gritty, stylized crime thriller from director Darren Aronofsky that takes viewers deep into the seedy underbelly of late-1990s New York City. Headlined by Austin Butler, the film is set to hit theaters on August 29.
Butler stars as Hank Thompson, a down-on-his-luck former baseball player who finds himself swept into a dangerous web of crime, violence, and desperation after one wrong move. Set against the backdrop of 1998 NYC—when payphones still worked, the Twin Towers loomed large, and the city’s surveillance state hadn’t fully taken over—Caught Stealing blends period nostalgia with edge-of-your-seat tension.
The ensemble cast is stacked: Zoë Kravitz plays Hank’s love interest, while Regina King steps in as a no-nonsense NYPD detective with ties to the organized crime unit. Bad Bunny plays a cool-headed enforcer linked to the Puerto Rican mob, while Liev Schreiber and Vincent D’Onofrio take on the roles of Orthodox Jewish brothers navigating dual identities—religious observance and ruthless ambition. Matt Smith, Action Bronson, Griffin Dunne, Nikita Kukushkin, and Yuri Kolokolnikov round out the film’s sprawling rogues’ gallery.
Based on the novel by Charlie Huston (who also penned the screenplay), Caught Stealing paints a portrait of a city in flux—when danger lurked in every alley and backroom deal. Aronofsky reportedly chose to set the story in 1998 rather than the original novel’s 2000 timeline to deepen the visual and emotional grit of the narrative.
This isn’t a tale of masterminds and kingpins—Caught Stealing is about a man trying to stay alive in a city where loyalties shift fast, enemies close in faster, and everyone has an angle. From street-level thugs to religious mobsters and corrupt cops, Hank’s journey is anything but linear—and survival comes with a price.
Watch the trailer for Caught Stealing now, and prepare for one of the most intense crime thrillers of the summer.