The Tracking Board’s Daily Debrief (06.21.17)

Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s Animated Spider-Man Movie Adds Mahershala Ali, Atlanta Star to Voice Cast (EXCLUSIVE)

As much as it sucks that Lord and Miller aren’t working on Han Solo anymore, it’s good that they have another high-profile project to focus their creative energy on.

Clint Eastwood Eyes Kyle Gallner, Alexander Ludwig, Jeremie Harris For The 15:17 to Paris (EXCLUSIVE)

The 15:17 to Paris is based on the true story of Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos and Spencer Stone, three Americans who thwarted a terrorist attack on a train traveling from Brussels to Paris,

STX Looks Like It’s Not Doing so Well, Until You Look Closer (STUDIO SERIES)

Things aren’t perfect at STX, far from it. But considering how long it’s been around, and how far it’s come in that time, things could be a whole heck of a lot worse, with a future that doesn’t look anywhere near as bright as STX’s does.

More News From Around The Web

• Armie Hammer, who is currently voicing one of the characters in Disney/Pixar’s Cars 3 has joined the cast of writer/director Boots Riley’s first film Sorry to Bother You. (Deadline)

• Jason Clarke is in talks to join the growing cast of First Man, the Neil Armstrong biopic that will reteam La La Land director Damien Chazelle and Ryan Gosling. (The Hollywood Reporter)

• It’s been less than two years since Downton Abbey came to an end, but a film version of the popular show has been in the works for some time and production expected to begin in 2018. (Entertainment Weekly)

• The Lou Gehrig feature, The Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth will be directed by Jay Russell, the helmer behind My Dog Skip and Ladder 49. Based on the Jonathan Eig biography Luckiest Man, the film has a script by Dan Kay. (Deadline)

• Netflix is in early discussions to team Woody Harrelson and Kevin Costner for Highwayman, the drama that once had Paul Newman and Robert Redford poised to play the veteran Texas Rangers who put an end to the violent robbery spree. (Deadline)

• Shaquille O’Neal and Get Out star Lil Rel Howery are in talks to join the cast of Uncle Drew. (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Kathy Baker and Kyle Bornheimer have signed on for recurring roles in Judd Apatow’s Netflix relationship comedy Love, starring Paul Rust and Gillian Jacobs. (Deadline)

• Iconic Jamaican music and its local and global impact will be the subject of a new TV series from Narcos showrunner/executive producer Eric Newman; producer Ben Silverman, Chairman and Co-CEO of Propagate Content; and Island Records founder Chris Blackwell. (Deadline)