The Bookie & The Bruiser, starring Theo James and Vince Vaughn as two WWII veterans in 1959 New York stuck between an Irish Gang and the Mafia, is filming in Toronto this Spring.
Set in 1959 New York, The Bookie & the Bruiser follows a pensive, Jewish fellow named Rivner (Theo James)and an oversized Italian-American tough named Boscolo (Vince Vaughn) from the Lower East Side, both of whom served overseas during WWII and returned changed men who no longer fit inside the lives they’d left behind.
Uninterested in taking orders from bosses or playing by the rules of polite society, the two friends partner up as a bookmaker and an enforcer and create an illicit gambling operation that proves to be very profitable, though risky, and their situation gets rather sticky when they find themselves stuck between a powerful Irish gang and the Mafia
The Bookie & The Bruiser – Feature.
Working title: CHRISTMAS MYSTERIES.
Toronto filming dates: April 07 2026 – May 21 2026.
Writer/Director: S. Craig Zahler.
Cast: Theo James, Vince Vaughn.
Producers: Range Media Partners, C2 Motion Picture Group., Anton Corp, UTA Independent Film Group.