A film based on the starry, tragic life of actress Jean Seberg is coming together, starring Kristen Stewart. And now Deadpool 2's Zazie Beetz is in talks to join the ensemble of Against All Enemies.
Benedict Andrews is in the director's chair for the film, which features a script from Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse. Jack O'Connell, Anthony Mackie, Margaret Qualley and Colm Meaney are all in the cast for the film, which will follow what happened when Seberg was targeted for surveillance because of her political and romantic entanglement with civil rights activist Hakim Jamal (Mackie). With the FBI looking to expose and discredit the Black Power movement, an ambitious young agent (O'Connell) is assigned to track her. Seberg's life was rocked by manufactured scandal and she died aged 40 in 1979.
Beetz hasn't finalised a deal yet, but she's expected to sign on, though we don't yet know her character. She'll be seen as Domino in the Deadpool sequel (out 15 May), worked on Steven Soderbergh's latest, High Flying Bird and has also just snagged a main supporting role in a new thriller starring Armie Hammer.
In related Beetz casting news, she's now confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter as in talks to join Natalie Portman and Jon Hamm in the astronaut drama Pale Blue Dot{
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