Regé-Jean Pagehas reportedly found his next leading role.
Hawley will also produce via his 26 Keys production company, in partnership with AGBO’s Joe and Anthony Russo and Mike Larocca, the outlets reported.
Plot details for the film are being kept under wraps,according toDeadline.
A rep for Page did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
This will be Page’s second time working with the Russo brothers, after they directed him inChris Evans' andRyan Gosling’s upcoming filmThe Gray Man.
Regé-Jean Page.Brett D. Cove / SplashNews.com
The new reimagining ofThe Saintis Page’s second project with Paramount — in February, it was reported that Page had beencast in the studio’s film adaptationof the popular role-playing gameDungeons & Dragons.
Though Page’s performance as Simon Basset, the Duke of Hastings, inBridgertonrecentlyearned him a Emmy nominationfor outstanding lead actor in a drama series, the next season of the period drama — which has already started production — won’t include the actor or his beloved character.
Pageconfirmed his exit from the showin April on his Instagram, calling his time on the series “the ride of a life time.”
Regé-Jean Page.LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX
“It’s been an absolute pleasure and a privilege to be your Duke. Joining this family - not just on screen, but off screen too,” he wrote. “Our incredibly creative and generous cast, crew, outstanding fans - it’s all been beyond anything I could have imagined. The love is real and will just keep growing.”
At the time, he toldVarietythat henever planned on returningand had only been contracted for one season.
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“It’s a one-season arc. It’s going to have a beginning, middle, end — give us a year,” Page said, recounting his early conversations with producers about the role. “[I thought] ‘That’s interesting,’ because then it felt like a limited series. I get to come in, I get to contribute my bit and then the Bridgerton family rolls on.”
source: people.com
