Cynthia Erivo is also to star in director John Ridley's time travel drama, with Bron Studios on board as producer.
Freida Pinto, Leslie Odom Jr., Orlando Bloom and Cynthia Erivo are to star in John Ridley's Needle in a Timestack, with Bron Studios boarding the project as producer.
Ridley is also adapting the film from a short story by Robert Silverberg where a couple work to hold their marriage together in a world where time travel is possible, and the past and present are ever fluctuating. Zanne Devine, David Thwaites, Matt Kennedy and Aaron L. Gilbert are sharing the producing credits, as Bron Studios replaces Miramax as the film's producer.
Christopher J. Conover, Hope Farley and John Ridley are executive producers. Odom Jr. is best known for his star turn in the Broadway musical Hamilton, and also starred in the 20th Century Fox film Murder on the Orient Express.
Slumdog Millionaire star Pinto will also appear in Andy Serkis’ upcoming Jungle Book adaptation Mowgli, and Tabrez Noorani’s Love Sonia. Erivo appeared in the Broadway revival of The Color Purple and this fall will star in director Steve McQueen’s Widows and Drew Goddard’s Bad Times at the El Royale.
Orlando Bloom is best known for roles in Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean and will next be seen in Carnival Row, an eight-part series for Amazon.
Odom Jr. is repped by CAA, and Jackoway, Austen, Tyerman, Wertheimer. Pinto is repped by CAA and Principal Entertainment. Erivo is repped by UTA, Authentic, and Peikoff Mahan. Bloom is repped by ICM Partners, and Lighthouse Management.