Cory Hardrict Sets Hardcor Films Banner With ‘Conmen’ As First Feature
Deadline reports actor-producer Cory Hardrict (American Sniper, The Chi) has set Conmen as the first feature to be produced under his Hardcor Films banner, after completing 30% of a $100M capital raise through Veritas Gold Productions’ Perennial Film Fund to support an upcoming slate of 10-15 productions.
Hardrict will star opposite Neil Brown Jr. in Conmen, which is one of four films he intends to make through Hardcor this year. The upcoming feature to be directed by Mike Tiddes will watch as two Black conmen take on the guise of FBI agents in order to rip off a heroin-dealing Klansman and his Sheriff’s son. Brown and Robert McEveety wrote the script. Ryan Lewis is also attached to produce the pic, with Brown co-producing. Hardrict will look to raise the remaining capital for his slate over the next three to four years, in concert with Veritas principals Harold Whitfield and Martin Scruggs.
“Hardcor Films has been a mission of mine for many years,” said Hardrict. “I am excited to take the next step in my career, and I am blessed to collaborate with like-minded partners who want to make a cultural difference. The change will not come if we wait for someone else to give it to us.”
Hardrict has starred in films including City of Lies, All Eyez on Me, American Sniper, Transcendence, Warm Bodies, He’s Just Not That Into You and Gran Torino, along with such series as The Chi, All American, S.W.A.T., The Oath and Lincoln Heights. He’s previously exec produced or co-exec produced features including Neighborhood Watch, Destined, The Outpost and Karen—his mission with his new company being to create “timeless, high-quality films” akin to those he loved growing up.