By PTI
LOS ANGELES: Golden Globe winner Kevin Bacon and Farrah Mackenzie of “United States of Al” fame are the most recent additions to the solid of Netflix’s “Leave the World Behind”.
According to Variety, beforehand introduced stars on the movie embrace Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke and Myha’la Herrold.
Based on the bestselling novel by Rumaan Alam, the story revolves round a pair vacationing in a rental home on Long Island, who’re stunned when the householders arrive bearing information of a mysterious blackout.
“Mr Robot” creator Sam Esmail is hooked up to direct and adapt the ebook. Previously, Esmail and Roberts labored collectively on the primary season of the Amazon Prime Video collection “Homecoming”.
Washington can be producing “Leave the World Behind” together with Roberts by her Red Om Films banner and Esmail and Chad Hamilton by Esmail Corp.
Author Alam serves as an govt producer on the movie. Higher Ground, the Obamas’ manufacturing banner, just lately got here on as an govt producer.