If a deal makes, this would be Stanfield’s fifth Netflix film following War Machine, Death Note, The Incredible Jessica James and the upcoming drama Come Sunday.
The breakout star from Straight Outta Compton and the FX show Atlanta will play an NSA security expert chasing after Claire Foy’s Lisabeth Sander in the new movie in the “Millennium series.”
Tom Hopper, Emmy Raver-Lampman, David Castañeda, Robert Sheehan and Aidan Gallagher are joining Ellen Page in the adaptation of Gerard Way’s beloved comic book.
The directorial debut of writer-director Boots Riley, Sorry to Bother You, has tapped three buzzy stars in its first casting: Tessa Thompson, Lakeith Stanfield, and Steven Yeun, the Tracking Board has confirmed. Forest Whitaker is producing.
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