In addition to Giancarlo Esposito and Tilda Swinton, the film will also co-star Jake Gyllenhaal and The Walking Dead’s Steven Yuen.
Okja tells the story of a young girl who befriends a massive genetically modified pig, named Okja.
When the corporation who created the creature attempts to take him back, the girl mounts a rescue mission.
This will be the second Netflix project for Giancarlo Esposito as he also stars in The Get Down, a new series about a group of teens living in the Bronx in the 1970’s.