Giannone "Hustles" In New Role

Jay Giannone has joined David O. Russell's once Untitled drama thriller formerly called "American Bullsh*t" now titled American Hustle says Variety.

In the film, Christian Bale will play a financial con man forced to work with an ambitious FBI agent (Bradley Cooper) to take down other crims, gangsters and politicians.

Giannone will portray a real-life hustler

Amy Adams will play Bale's mistress, and Jeremy Renner will play the leader of the New Jersey state assembly. Louis CK will play an FBI agent. Jennifer Lawrence will play Bale's wife. Alessandro Nivola will play Reggio, the federal prosecutor who tried the case in court. Elisabeth Rohm will play the wife of Renner's character. Dawn Olivieri will play Cooper's girlfriend while Thomas Matthews plays Renner's son. Jack Huston Robert De Niro singer Jack Jones and Michael Peña also star.

Russell and Eric Singer wrote the script from which Russell calls action

Megan Ellison, Charles Roven, Richard Suckle and Ted Schipper will produce the film.

Production is underway in Boston to meet a limited release on December 13th. Footage from the pic was screened during the CinemaCon trade show in Las Vegas.