Julius Avery (Son of a Gun) is directing from a script by Billy Ray and Mark L. Smith, who are responsible for the Captain Phillips and The Revenant screenplays, respectively.

J.J. Abrams and Lindsey Weber will produce for Bad Robot.

Last year Russell appeared in Richard Linklater's '80s baseball romp Everybody Wants Some!!. He is set to star in the Goon sequel, Goon: Last of the Enforcers, and the Ethan Hawke-directed Blaze Foley biopic, Blaze.

Adepo was most recently seen in Fences, appearing opposite Denzel Washington and Viola Davis, who took home the Oscar for her performance. He is also a series regular on HBO's The Leftovers, which will soon enter its final season.

Production is looking at a May start in the U.K.