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EXCLUSIVE: Charles Melton is nan latest to subordinate nan upcoming task from Daniels arsenic sources show Deadline nan Beef actor is successful negotiations to subordinate Matt Damon and Sandra Oh successful nan untitled arena pic astatine Universal. Filmmaker duo Daniels, aka Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, will constitute and direct.
Universal had nary remark connected nan casting.
Details connected nan task stay nether wraps. Kwan, Scheinert and Jonathan Wang will nutrient done their institution Playgrounds’ wide woody pinch Universal. Playgrounds’ Kwan and Wang precocious produced The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist from Universal’s specialty workplace Focus Features. It bowed successful March.
Executive VP Production Development Sara Scott and Director of Production Development Jacqueline Garell will oversee nan Daniels’ caller task for Universal.
The pic is group to front connected November 19, 2027.
Melton astir precocious was seen successful nan Netflix constricted bid Beef, which besides starred Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan and Cailee Spaeney. Melton earned rave reviews for his perf and is expected to beryllium successful nan heavy of nan grant play contenders this Emmy season.
On nan movie side, he starred successful nan Nic Refn pic Her Private Hell, which precocious premiered astatine nan Cannes Film Festival. He is repped by CAA and 111 Media.
