Levon Hawke Joins Anthony Hopkins in Twenty-Seven
The 24-year-old son of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman will headline the Los Angeles-shot drama opposite the 88-year-old actor.
Updated on Nov. 6, 2026 in Celebrities
Levon Hawke will star opposite Anthony Hopkins in the drama Twenty-Seven, which is currently in production in Los Angeles. Written and directed by Gregory Caruso, the film follows a 27-year-old aspiring screenwriter who manages obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Why it matters
The casting places a second-generation actor opposite one of the most decorated performers of his era in a mid-budget indie drama. It also marks a step forward for Levon Hawke after his onscreen debut in The Crowded Room.
Levon Hawke, 24, has appeared in The Crowded Room (2023) and Marty Supreme (2025), and directed his debut play Picture Day in 2024. Production financing details and box office expectations for Twenty-Seven have not been disclosed.
The players
Levon Hawke
The son of actors Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, he made his onscreen debut in The Crowded Room.
Anthony Hopkins
The Oscar-winning British actor known for The Silence of the Lambs and The Father plays the film's mentor character.
Gregory Caruso
The writer-director behind Twenty-Seven also runs the production company Bristol Pictures.
The details
Gregory Caruso wrote the character with Anthony Hopkins in mind, and Hopkins plays the friend and mentor, a former television actor now teaching theater and living with Parkinson's disease. Caruso's Bristol Pictures is producing alongside David Worthen Brooks and Dustin Cook.
Timeline
Variety reported Levon Hawke's casting on November 5, 2026.
Twenty-Seven is currently in production in Los Angeles.
Industry Dynamics
The casting follows a pattern in which children of established Hollywood performers, including Ethan Hawke and Maya Hawke, build careers through independent films and character-driven dramas. Twenty-Seven fits within that lineage while pairing a rising name with a veteran of prestige cinema.
Viewers will be able to see Twenty-Seven once it is released, but no distribution platform or theatrical date has been announced. Fans of Hopkins and the Hawke family can follow production updates as the project moves toward release.
The takeaway
Second-generation talent continues to find entry points through character-driven independent dramas, and casting a veteran like Anthony Hopkins alongside a rising actor signals how producers are balancing experience with new faces.
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