Less than a year after news of Jon Stewart’s new political satire film, Irresistible, first broke, its cast is growing more tantalizing by the day. This will be the former Daily Show host’s second film, after 2014’s Rosewater, which Stewart directed toward the end of his late-night tenure—but given this new film’s stacked team and humorous political bent, this project could be a lot bigger than Stewart’s first movie.

News of the project first broke last October. Steve Carell is set to star in the film, making it a reunion for the two comedians; Carell served as a correspondent on The Daily Show during the Stewart era. According to Entertainment Weekly, the film takes place “amidst a political campaign.” Deadline elaborates further, reporting that Carell will play a Democrat political consultant.

Since last fall, several other names have been added to the film—most recently, Topher Grace, fresh off his BlacKkKlansman turn as David Duke. Chris Cooper, Rose Byrne, and Mackenzie Davis will star as well. According to Variety, specifics about Grace’s role are being kept secret—but we do know that Cooper is set to play a retired ex-Marine colonel running for mayor in a small Wisconsin town. Carell’s character will help Cooper’s with his campaign, while Byrne will play the Republican political consultant working on the opposing, incumbent campaign. Davis, Variety reports, will play Cooper’s daughter. Given the obvious missing character here, it seems possible that Grace could play the Republican candidate—but that’s just convenient conjecture on our part.

Stewart left The Daily Show to Trevor Noah in 2015, and since then has kept a largely low profile. He opened an animal sanctuary near his New Jersey home, allowing Stewart to transition from excoriating politicians and the media to a gentler, cuddlier life spent rescuing goats. Shortly after his Daily Show retirement, Stewart was supposed to produce a multi-platform animated series for HBO—but both parties eventually opted to cancel the project due to technical issues. In 2017, however, the two parties announced an even more exciting prospect: Stewart’s first stand-up special in 20 years, which will premiere . . . sometime. (Although, for quick doses of that old Stewart charm, you can also check out Stewart’s occasional Late Show visits to Stephen Colbert.)

Stewart is writing the screenplay for Irresistible, and producing it alongside Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment—which has won Oscars for The Departed, 12 Years a Slave, and, most recently, Moonlight. Reviews of Stewart’s first film back in 2014 were generally positive, though Rosewater’s box-office haul was not very impressive. But given this new film’s comedic bent—and the degree to which Stewart die-hards have likely been missing him since he left The Daily Show—Irresistible seems likely to outperform its predecessor, at least in terms of putting butts in seats. And with Focus Features and Universal Pictures set to give the film a worldwide release, its potential only grows stronger.

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