A new trailer has been released for Black Mass, offering a first look at "an almost unrecognizable Johnny Depp as the Boston gangster-turned-informant-turned-fugitive" James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger, Deadline.com reported. The project, based on the book Black Mass: Whitey Bulger, the FBI and a Devil's Deal by Dick Lehr & Gerard O'Neill, also stars Kevin Bacon, Benedict Cumberbatch, Joel Edgerton, Jesse Plemons and Sienna Miller. Directed by Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart) from a script by Mark Mallouk and Jez Butterworth, Black Mass hits theaters September 18.
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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, the film adaptation of Ben Fountain's novel, "has found its squad of beleaguered Iraq War veterans," Deadline.com reported. Bravo Squad will consist of Arturo Castro (Broad City) as Mango, Barney Harris as Sykes, Beau Knapp as Crack, Mason Lee as Foo, Brian "Astro" Bradley as Lodis and Ismael Cruz Cordova as Holiday. In addition, Makenzie Leigh (The Slap) will play Faison. They join Joe Alwyn, already cast in the title role. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk will be released November 11.
