The feature film is directed by Destin Cretton who have previously worked with Larson in the films: Short Term 12 and The Glass Castle.
Tim Blake Nelson, Academy Award winner Brie Larson (Room, Captain Marvel) and Golden Globe winner Jamie Foxx (Ray, Django Unchained, Baby Driver), as well as the previously announced O’Shea Jackson Jr. (Straight Outta Compton).
The project was originally being produced by Broad Green Pictures but was transferred to Warner Bros. Production on Just Mercy is set to begin next month in Atlanta.
Just Mercy will be based on Bryan Stevenson’s best-selling memoir of the same name.