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EXCLUSIVE: Leo Woodall (_One Day_) and Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman (_Rain Man_) have signed on to star in _Tuner_, a new crime thriller directed by Oscar winner Daniel Roher
(_Navalny_), for which Black Bear is launching sales at TIFF. Written by Roher and Robert Ramsey, the film tells the story of a talented piano tuner whose life is turned upside down when he
discovers that his meticulous skills for tuning pianos can equally be applied to cracking safes. JoAnne Sellar and Lila Yacoub will produce, with production kicking off in Toronto in
October. Debra Zane is the casting director. Black Bear will represent the international rights to the film while UTA Independent Film Group will rep the U.S. rights. Elevation Pictures is
co-producing and will also release the film in Canada. Breaking out with his role as Jack in the second season of HBO’s _The White Lotus_, Woodall has since gone on to star as Dex in the
romantic drama _One Da_y, Netflix’s acclaimed adaptation of the bestseller by David Nicholls. Most recently wrapping opposite Russell Crowe, Rami Malek and Michael Shannon on James
Vanderbilt’s _Nuremberg_, he’ll next be seen in the new _Bridget Jones_ film _Mad About the Boy_, also leading the conspiracy thriller series _Prime Target _for Apple TV+. WATCH ON DEADLINE
A two-time Oscar winner and seven-time nominee, Hoffman is part of the starry ensemble of Francis Ford Coppola’s _Megalopolis_, which premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival and will be
released by Lionsgate in September. Most recently, he wrapped opposite Helen Hunt on an untitled new film from Peter Greenaway. Roher is coming off an Oscar win for 2022’s _Navalny_, which
received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, as well as Sundance’s 2022 Festival Favorite Award and the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary. His latest project, _Blink_, will be
released by National Geographic/Disney this fall. Woodall is represented by Hamilton Hodell, Anonymous Content, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman; Hoffman by WME and Tavistock Wood; and Roher by
UTA and Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown & Passman.