After scoring Robert De Niro to star in "The Whisper Man", Netflix and AGBO have now landed two A-listers of TV’s biggest shows to join the Oscar winner.
Michelle Monaghan (The White Lotus) and Adam Scott (Severance) are set to join De Niro in the movie adaptation of the Alex North novel.
James Ashcroft is set to direct, with Ben Jacoby and Chase Palmer adapting the script.
Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Angela Russo-Otstot and Michael Disco will produce for AGBO, marking the sixth film out of Netflix and AGBO’s ongoing partnership.
Based on North’s New York Times bestselling novel, "The Whisper Man" revolves around a widow crime writer who, after his 8-year-old son is abducted, looks to his estranged father, a retired former police detective, for help, only to discover a connection with the decades-old case of a convicted serial killer known as “The Whisper Man".
Kassee Whiting will exec produce for AGBO as will Marcus Viscidi. Production is set to start this spring on the East Coast.
AGBO and the Russo brothers continue their successful partnership with Netflix following 2019’s "Mosul" with the 2020 release of Chris Hemsworth's "Extraction", the 2022 release of the Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans starrer "The Gray Man", and the 2023 release of "Extraction 2".
Next up from AGBO is the adventure sci-fi film "The Electric State", which bows March 14 and stars Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, Ke Huy Quan, Jason Alexander, Woody Norman, Giancarlo Esposito, and Stanley Tucci.
Monaghan is earning some of the best reviews of her career in HBO’s latest season of "The White Lotus".
Monaghan, along with Leslie Bibb and Carrie Coon playing friends vacationing in Thailand together, steal every scene and are sure to be in the mix for come Emmy season.
Scott is in a similar position as his Apple TV+ series "Severance" has entered its second season, blowing away critics and breaking records at the streamer.
It was recently announced that the second season has become the most-watched show in Apple TV+ history.