'Bright' movie gets 2 additional casts

 

Will Smith and director David Ayer are not backing away from blockbuster territory; they’ve simply rerouted to Netflix for Bright, a buzzworthy fantasy cop thriller that touts a production budget of $90 million, making it the streaming service’s most expensive original project to date.

Hatched as a spec script by Max Landis, Bright has spent the past few months assembling an appropriately starry roster of talent, and Variety brings word of the latest casting additions: Dawn Olivieri and Kennth Choi. They’ll join Smith, Joel Edgerton, Lucy Fry, Brad William Henke and Noomi Rapace for a fantastical romp that involves a human detective and a hulking Orc who spring into action as evil forces scrap to seize control of an all-powerful wand. Olivieri is on board as Smith’s better half, though Netflix is keeping Choi’s character under wraps for the time being.

Olivieri and Choi will be among the final additions to Bright‘s cast now that production is due to get underway some time this month.