Actor/rapper Riz Ahmed has joined the crime thriller “Nightcrawler” says The Wrap,
The film follows a young man (Jake Gyllenhaal) drawn into the world of Los Angeles freelance crime reporting.
Ahmed will play Gyllenhaal's "driver and protégé.
Rene Russo and Bill Paxton will co-star.
Screenwriter Dan Gilroy (Real Steel) will make his film directorial debut on the noir film based on his own script.
The writer-director's brother, Tony Gilroy (The Bourne Legacy), is producing with Gyllenhaal, Jennifer Fox, Michel Litvak, and David Lancaster.
Gary Michael Walters is exec producing.
Production starts in October.
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