Andrew Scott & Others Join Netflix’s ‘Back In Action’ With Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Netflix has added four to its action-comedy Back in Action, with Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz. The newest actors to sign on are BAFTA winners Andrew Scott (Catherine Called Birdy) and Jamie Demetriou (Cruella), McKenna Roberts (Euphoria) and Rylan Jackson (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves).
Details as to the storyline and characters of Diaz’s first feature since 2014’s Annie are under wraps. But Kyle Chandler and Glenn Close are also aboard for roles, as previously announced.
Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses) is directing from his script written with Neighbors‘ Brendan O’Brien. Producers are Jenno Topping, Peter Chernin and Sharla Sumpter Bridgett (Ford v Ferrari, Hidden Figures) for Chernin Entertainment, Beau Bauman (Central Intelligence) for Good One Productions, and Gordon for Exhibit A.
Foxx, Datari Turner, O’Brien and Tim Lewis are serving as exec producers. Scott won his BAFTA for his work as the villainous Jim Moriarty in BBC’s Sherlock and has also scored an Emmy nom for a part on Black Mirror, as well as a Golden Globe nom and a Critics Choice Award for his supporting role as The Priest in Fleabag.
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