A24 has acquired North American rights to “Good Time,” a caper film with Robert Pattinson, Variety has learned.

The film follows a bank robber’s race to evade the police dragnet that threatens to send him behind bars. Josh and Benny Safdie directed the movie from a screenplay by Josh Safdie and Ronald Bronstein. “Good Time” also stars Jennifer Jason-Leigh and Barkhad Abdi.

The Safdie brothers are well known in the indie film community for their work on “Go Get Some Rosemary” and “Heaven Knows What.” Pattinson shot to fame as the brooding vampire in the “Twilight” films. Since accelerating the heart rates of teen girls the world over, he’s used his heartthrob status to get backing for edgier fare, working with David Cronenberg on “Map to the Stars” and “Cosmopolis,” and appearing in the upcoming James Gray drama “Lost City of Z.”

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According to Deadline:

It has acquired Good Time, a bad-ass crime movie starring Robert Pattinson and Jennifer Jason Leigh. …

Memento will sell foreign rights at the upcoming American Film Market.

I hadn’t heard that Jennifer Jason Leigh was also attached.  Intriguing.  Also love that we might get an Aussie distributor at AFM *fingerstightlycrossed*

I also love the Safdie’s reaction:

.@Variety @A24 pic.twitter.com/xM3r6pZGRD

— SAFDIE (@JOSH_BENNY) October 28, 2016