Hollywood veteran Al Pacino is ready to star reverse Stanger Things actor Charlie Heaton in film Billy Knight. The drama, which marks writer-director Alec Griffen Roth’s characteristic movie debut, additionally stars Diana Silvers. According to leisure web site Variety, the movie follows grad college college students Alex (Heaton) and Emily (Silvers) who dream of turning into filmmakers.
“In addition to wanting to make it in the movie business, Alex is also grappling with the death of his father, a failed screenwriter. The only thing Alex’s father left him was a box of unfinished scripts and a handkerchief with the name Billy Knight embroidered on it. Those clues send Alex on a quest to find the mysterious and reclusive Billy Knight,” the plotline reads. The movie is produced by Autumn Bailey-Ford and Cameron Burnett of Prominent Productions, Sevier Crespo and Amanda Kiely.