Paul Walter Hauser, Boyd Holbrook & Michael Peña Among New Additions To Craig Zobel Thriller ‘Turpentine’

EXCLUSIVE: Craig Zobel’s thriller Turpentine has rounded out its cast with the addition of Paul Walter Hauser (Resident Evil), Boyd Holbrook (A Complete Unknown), Michael Peña (A Working Man), Will Brill (The Musical), Teyonah Parris (No Good Deed), and Veronika Slowikowska (SNL).

Character details are under wraps, with production underway in Atlanta, Georgia. Previously announced cast includes Melissa McCarthy, Connor Storrie, and Bill Camp.

In Turpentine, after her son hires friends to steal the family’s antique gun collection to pay off a debt, a mother steps in to clean up the mess, triggering a chain of events that stretch the family bond to its limit.

Based on a script by Justin Varava that made the 2024 Black List, the film is produced by Rian Johnson and Ram Bergman’s T-Street and Shivani Rawat’s ShivHans Pictures. Producers include Katie McNeill, Ben LeClair, Rawat, Julie Goldstein, and Zobel. Executive producers are Connor Flanagan, Kenneth Yu, and McCarthy. Dan Watson and Nate Meyer serve as co-producers.

“Craig has such a sharp command of tone, and TURPENTINE walks that exciting line between darkly funny and deeply unsettling,” T-Street’s Bergman told us. “Justin’s script immediately stood out to us for its originality and character work, and this incredible cast elevates it even further. We’re thrilled to be bringing this story to life with such a bold creative team.”

ShivHans Pictures’ Rawat said, “From the moment we read the script, we were gripped by its complex characters and twisting plot. We also knew Craig would be the perfect filmmaker to lift it off the page with all its layers intact. We feel fortunate to have such a remarkable cast and are proud to partner with T-Street on a film that feels both wildly entertaining and thematically resonant.”

Zobel added, “It’s a true joy to bring this story to life with such an accomplished cast. These actors bring incredible depth, intensity and wit to the material, and with Melissa at the center of this dysfunctional family, we’re telling a story that will keep audiences surprised and entertained until the very end. I’m thrilled to be making it with T-Street, ShivHans Pictures, and this team.”

Most recently seen starring opposite Mark Wahlberg in Peter Farrelly’s buddy comedy Balls Up for Prime Video, Hauser’s upcoming slate includes projects like Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil, out September 18, and Netflix’s Scooby Doo: Origins. He is repped by WME, Artists First, and Schreck Rose Dapello.

Most recently been seen playing Johnny Cash in James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown, and in Apple TV’s The Morning Show, Holbrook is coming off the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight premiere of Reed Van Dyk’s Atonement. He will also be seen coming up in Ramin Bahrani’s Last Meals and Netflix’s Mercenary: An Extraction Series. He is repped by WME, Range Media Partners, and Yorn, Levine, Barnes.

Peña’s recent credits include Peacock’s All Her Fault and films Working Man and Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die. His upcoming slate includes two films for Amazon MGM — the Nicholas Stoller comedy Judgment Day and submarine action thriller Subversion — plus the thriller Tumor with Sam Rockwell. He is repped by CAA, Entertainment 360, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman.

Brill stars opposite Gillian Jacobs and Rob Lowe in the dark comedy The Musical, which premiered at Sundance 2026. Upcoming, he has roles in Netflix’s The Whisper Man, Apple’s Being Heumann, Basquiat biopic Samo Lives, and CBS’s legal drama Cupertino. He is repped by Paradigm and Authentic.

Parris is coming off of Netflix’s No Good Deed and will be seen coming up in Apple, Skydance and Mattel’s Matchbox: The Movie. She is repped by CAA and Fox Rothschild.

Slowikowska joined SNL as a cast member this past season and has also been seen on shows like Tires and Poker Face. She is repped by UTA, Artists First, and Yorn, Levine, Barnes.