In Development

Hillside: Zoe Kazan (The Kindness of Strangers, The Big Sick), Kofi Siriboe ("Queen Sugar", Girls Trip) and Tyler James Williams (Corndog, The Temptations) have signed on to round out the cast of Barry Jenkins' latest film for LRF, Hillside. Williams will play a brother of the main character, played by Alex Hibbert. Siriboe will play a gang member and Kazan will play the wife of a police officer, played by Ben Foster. Jimmy Ellis penned the film.

Still Lives: The Jennifer Lawrence-led art scene thriller has added Yvonne Orji ("Insecure", Night School), Aidan Gillen (Splinter Cell: Conviction, Black Dublin) and Michelle Trachtenberg (Village of Madness, The Scribbler) to complete its cast. Orki will play Lawrence's friend, Gillen will play a journalist and Trachtenberg will play another museum employee. Sam Taylor-Johnson is directing the film from a script by Rachel Hallett Hardcastle - based on the novel by Maria Hummel.

Firestorm: Alfie Allen (Blue Heat, Teslin, Yukon) has signed on to play a villain in the upcoming DC Comics Universe film, Firestorm. He will play Cliff Carmichael, who becomes The Thinker. Also signing onto the film are Jonathan Banks ("Better Call Saul", Mudbound) and Teresa Palmer (The Mutation, Vixen: The Totems of Zambesi). Banks will play a scientist, while Palmer will reprise her role from Vixen: The Totems of Zambesi, Caitlin Snow. William Eubank is directing the film from a script by Jimmy Ellis and HG Hansen.

For Those Who Don't Read Me: Hot off his triple-GRA-nominated work on Lowell, Ben Affleck (Lowell, Born in Brooklyn) has agreed to play a supporting role in his brother Casey's latest directorial and starring effort, For Those Who Don't Read Me. Alex Lawther (Until Dawn, How to Survive in Hell) and Keri Russell (Fear of the Dark, Halo: The Fall of Reach) have also joined the film in supporting roles. Mo Buck wrote the script for the film based on a French-Canadian movie of the same name.

Prodigy: Hugh Dancy ("The Path", "Hannibal"), Noemie Merlant (A Good Man, Jumbo) and Tom Hollander (Bird Box, Bohemian Rhapsody) have signed on to the film Prodigy from director Todd Haynes and writer Chad Taylor. The film tells the story of French child prodigy Minou Drouet (played by Julia Butters). Dancy will play Minou's music teacher, Hollander will play a literary figure, and Merlant will play an older version of Minou.