Theo Rossi, who portrays Julian Rush in the HBO series, The Penguin, has joined Aaron Harvey’s Come With Me cast. He portrays the male lead in the movie and also serves as an executive producer. This is Rossi and Harvey’s first project together.
The Penguin’s Theo Rossi joins Come With Me movie as lead and EP
Theo Rossi is part of the cast of Aaron Harvey’s Come with Me, a comedy film that revolves around a working-class man who becomes deeply influenced by a radio host’s hateful rhetoric. Rossi is also executive producing the movie.
“I’m a believer in the power of art and how it can stir emotions and spark conversations. From the moment I read Come With Me, I knew this story had to be told,” Rossi told Deadline. “I think it’s going to lead to a much-needed discussion on how we are impacted by the information we consume.”
Besides helming the movie, Harvey penned the screenplay along with Jonathan Croom. Demetrius Stear, Nicholas Carmona, Colin Bates, and Kevin Greene are the producers attached to the project. Alongside Rossi, the executive producers who have boarded the movie are Javier C. Ortiz, Ryan Francis, Faddi Assaf, Michael Sirow, and Lance Kawas.
Come with Me recently entered the post-production stage after filming concluded in Gulfport, Biloxi, and Pass Christian, Mississippi. A Mind’s Eye, Michael Bruce Pictures, DreamSyndicate, and EverBright Pictures are producing the movie along with FilmLens.
Harvey made his directorial debut with the 2009 short film, Tom and Janie, before writing and directing his first feature, 2011’s Catch .44, which stars Forest Whitaker, Bruce Willis, and Malin Åkerman. He also wrote, directed, and produced The Neighbor (2018) and Into the Ashes (2019).
Before The Penguin, Rossi appeared as Juan Carlos “Juice” Ortiz in the FX series, Sons of Anarchy (2008-2014), Hernan “Shades” Alvarez in Netflix’s Marvel’s Luke Cage (2016-2018), Francisco “Ghost” Alvarez in Ricardo de Montreuil’s Lowriders (2017), and Youcef in John Patton Ford’s Emily the Criminal (2022).
