Steve Martin has been cast in Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, based on the novel by Ben Fountain and directed by Ang Lee. Deadline.com reported that Martin joins Joe Alwyn, "with Garrett Hedlund in line for another key role." The project starts shooting in April.
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Leonardo DiCaprio "is getting closer to playing a role he's eyed for nearly 20 years," according to the Hollywood Reporter, which wrote that DiCaprio's Appian Way "has come aboard to produce The Crowded Room with New Regency, while Jason Smilovic and Todd Katzberg have been hired to write the adapted script." DiCaprio will also serve as a producer. The project is based on Daniel Keyes's 1981 book, The Minds of Billy Milligan. DiCaprio "has been interested in playing him stretching back to 1997," THR noted.
