Two months after the Oscar-winning filmmaker began negotiations with Ben Affleck to lead the adaptation, X-Men alum Tye Sheridan has also entered talks to join the cast of George Clooney’s next directorial effort The Tender Bar, according to Collider.
The film adaptation was originally set at Sony with Theodore Melfi (Hidden Figures) attached to direct, but after he departed the project the studio put it into turnaround with Amazon acquiring the rights shortly after.
The script for the film is written by William Monahan, best-known for his Oscar-winning work on the Martin Scorsese-helmed ensemble crime thriller The Departed, as well as Body of Lies and Edge of Darkness.