Austin Butler is an Academy Award nominated actor from Anaheim, California. He grew up in close proximity to both Disneyland and Knox Berry Farm, where he would go on a regular basis with his mother and sister. He was "discovered" at 13 years old and began acting on Nickelodeon and Disney Channel for a number of years before graduating to more serious roles. Butler has had roles on "Ruby and the Rockits", "The Carrie Diaries", and "The Shannara Chronicles". After his Broadway debut in 2018, his love of acting was reinvigorated from working alongside Denzel Washington and soon after the play closed, Butler would audition and inevitably prep for his largest role to date... click here to learn more about Mr. Butler.
Amazon MGM Studios has landed “American Speed,” a package that will see Tom Holland and Austin Butler star as racecar-driving brothers.
Academy Award-winning producer Charles Roven (“Oppenheimer”) is attached to produce via his Atlas Entertainment banner, alongside RD Whittington and Douglas Banker. Atlas Entertainment’s Ryan Sanak will executive produce.
Dan Wiedenhaupt (“Alpha”) is writing the script, which is based on the true story of the Whittington brothers — three drivers, two of whom were part of the 1980s IMSA scandal, in which a number of drivers were charged with financing their racing activities with proceeds from drug smuggling, money laundering or tax evasion.
Roven also serves as a producer on the sci-fi thriller “Mercy,” starring Chris Pratt, which Amazon MGM Studios is releasing in theaters worldwide on Aug. 15, 2025.
Holland most recently appeared in the 2023 thriller miniseries “The Crowded Room” alongside Emmy Rossum and Amanda Seyfried, and starred as Romeo in “Romeo & Juliet” on the West End earlier this year. He’s next set to reprise his role as Peter Parker in the fourth “Spider-Man” movie, and lead Christopher Nolan’s next film.
Austin Butler is an Academy Award nominated actor from Anaheim, California. He grew up in close proximity to both Disneyland and Knox Berry Farm, where he would go on a regular basis with his mother and sister. He was "discovered" at 13 years old and began acting on Nickelodeon and Disney Channel for a number of years before graduating to more serious roles. Butler has had roles on "Ruby and the Rockits", "The Carrie Diaries", and "The Shannara Chronicles". After his Broadway debut in 2018, his love of acting was reinvigorated from working alongside Denzel Washington and soon after the play closed, Butler would audition and inevitably prep for his largest role to date... click here to learn more about Mr. Butler.