Kathryn Bigelow's based-on-truth drama about the events in Detroit in the summer of 1967 is well under way now – it's been shooting long enough that John Boyega tweeted today that he's already wrapped – but the director is still adding people. John Krasinski is the latest recruit, and one of the more high profile people to join an already eclectic cast.
Bigelow is once again working with writer Mark Boal on a still-untitled drama that dives into the cauldron of racial tension and social injustice that was Detroit in '67. With police brutality rampant and racism a part of every day life, the place exploded into riots.
While we know that the film will juggle different storylines (including Anthony Mackie as a returning Vietnam vet), no much has been released about the plot or characters. Krasinski joins a cast that already includes Boyega, Mackie, Will Poulter, Jack Reynor and Kaitlyn Dever, and the film is still without a studio home. Still, with Annapurna financing and the 50th anniversary of the events coming up next year, expect the film to emerge in 2017.
Krasinski most recently appeared in Michael Bay's 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi and turned director for indie movie The Hollars (which has yet to secure a UK release). He's also down to play the latest iteration of Jack Ryan for a new Amazon series.