Carol Motsinger

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Update: "Clueless" actress Alicia Silverstone leads the latest round of casting announcements for "The Killing of a Sacred Deer," set to start filming in Cincinnati this week.

Deadline reported Tuesday that Silverstone would join the project, along with Raffey Cassidy, known for "Tomorrowland," and Bill Camp, of "Jason Bourne" and "12 Years A Slave" fame.

They will appear with previously announced leads, Colin Farrell, who plays a successful surgeon, and Nicole Kidman, who plays that doctor's wife.

Silverstone is set to play the mother of a boy who interferes with the perfect lives of the couple, the Deadline story says.

Original story: Big names and bigger movies.

That's the makings of the biggest year in Cincinnati film history.

Film Cincinnati, the new name for the region's film commission, announced Thursday that at least 10 movies will be completed or are scheduled to be produced in Cincinnati in 2016.

Among them: "The Killing of a Sacred Deer," starring Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman.

Killer Films is also coming back for its fourth major motion picture in Greater Cincinnati, said Kristen Schlotman, Film Cincinnati executive director. The company produced Academy Award-nominee "Carol," as well as "Goat," which is set to debut in theaters Sept. 23.

Three more films will be produced before Christmas, with more details announced as available, according to a press release.

"I know a lot of you want to know who is in them and who is coming, and I can tell you that the contracts are still being signed," Schlotman said, "but there are some more major stars on their way."

Recent movie productions include "Curvature," "Girl from Compton," "The Life and Death of John Gotti," as well as two James Franco films back-to-back.

John Travolta filming 'Gotti' movie in Finneytown

"The Killing of a Sacred Deer" is slated to begin principal photography next week, Schlotman said.

The drama reunites Farrell, of "True Detective," "Minority Report" and the highly anticipated "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," with "The Lobster" director Yorgos Lanthimos.

"The Lobster" won the Cannes Jury Prize in 2015 and went on to be an arthouse hit, earning about $9 million in the U.S.

According to a Variety report, the story is inspired by a Euripides tragedy. It follows Steven, played by Farrell, who is a successful surgeon, and a troubled teenage boy who inserts himself into Steven's perfect life. Academy Award-winner Kidman is set to play Steven's wife.

A24 acquired the U.S. distribution to the psychological thriller long before the first scenes are filmed here, according to TheWrap.com. The company secured the rights back in February.