has joined the cast of “
” opposite
, Renee Zellweger, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Gabriel Basso.
Anthony Bregman will produce the Courtney Hunt-directed courtroom drama for Likely Story and Kevin Frakes will produce for PalmStar Entertainment. Merced Media Partners is co-financing, FilmNation Entertainment is handling international sales and CAA is handling domestic.
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Reeves, who replaced Daniel Craig on the project, will play the attorney of a 17-year-old murder suspect Mike Lassiter (Basso). Belushi will play Mike’s father and Zellweger plays his mother.
Production begins this week in New Orleans.
Belushi is repped by ICM Partners and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
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