VIDEO : American Horror Story Star Evan Peters Joins Bart Layton's 'American Animals'

American Horror Story breakout Evan Peters is set to star in American Animals, the upcoming heist film from writer-director Bart Layton. Co-financed and developed by Film4 and AI Film, the movie will tell the unbelievable but mostly true story of four young men who mistook their lives for a movie and attempted one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history. Principal photography on project film is slated to begin in early 2017. Sierra/Affinity is looking after international sales at this year?s AFM. UTA is handling the U.S. sale of the movie.