The Tracking Board’s Daily Debrief (07.12.17)

Blake Lively to Star in Spy Thriller The Rhythm Section From Producers of James Bond Franchise

Lively will play Stephanie Patrick, whose family dies in a plane crash that should’ve claimed her life too. When she discovers the crash wasn’t an accident, she sets out to exact revenge, Jason Bourne-style.

Rachel Crow in Talks for Key Role in Transformers Spinoff Bumblebee (Exclusive)

Hailee Steinfeld and Jorge Lendeborg Jr. will play the two young leads in the film, which Travis Knight is directing from a script by Christina Hodson.

Roadside Has Become More than Just Another Indie Attraction (Studio Series)

A big part of success is finding the right plan and sticking with it to fruition. If we judge Roadside by that measure, and by the quality of the projects they put on screens, then we also have to acknowledge that Roadside Attractions is one of the better examples out there of just what an independent film distributor should be.

More News From Around the Web

• Martin Scorsese has rounded out the cast of his new movie The Irishman with Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel, and Bobby Cannavale. (Empire)

• The upcoming Scarface remake has hit a snag — director David Ayer has departed the project. (Variety)

• Legendary has acquired the rights to the bestselling self-help book Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus. (Variety)

• Deadpool‘s Brianna Hildebrand has joined the cast of Fox’s The Exorcist for Season 2. (TVLine)

• Toni Collette has written the pilot script for a TV adaptation of Invisible City, a joint production between her Vocab Films and RadicalMedia. (Deadline)

• Amber Stevens West replaces Edie Patterson as a series regular in the upcoming comedy series Ghosted on Fox. (Entertainment Weekly)

• Lucy Fry and Eiza González are set to star in the thriller Highway, written and directed by Alexandra McGuinness. (Deadline)

• Jon Seda is returning to Chicago PD as Det. Antonio Dawson for the fifth season. (Variety)