Deadline is reporting that Tessa Thompson (Thor: Ragnarok, Sorry to Bother You) and Ruth Negga (Preacher, Warcraft) have been cast as the leads in Passing, the directorial debut of actress Rebecca Hall (Iron Man 3, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women).
Negga will next be seen on the big screen in James Gray’s sci-fi film Ad Astra opposite Brad Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones.
Thompson is currently filming Sony’s Men in Black spinoff opposite Chris Hemsworth, and will next be seen in the sequel Creed II.
Hall will direct and has also penned the screenplay adaptation of Passing, with Margot Hand of Picture Films and Oren Moverman of Sight Unseen producing.