Netflix's Monsanto Courtroom Drama Adds Six Cast Members Including LaKeith Stanfield and David Duchovny
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· 2 sourcesNetflix's untitled courtroom drama about the 2018 Monsanto case has added six new cast members, including LaKeith Stanfield and David Duchovny, according to Deadline. Variety reported that Stanfield will play Dewayne "Lee" Johnson, a groundskeeper who claimed the company's Roundup herbicide caused his cancer, with Jonathan Bailey portraying the young attorney who took on the case. The film, directed by John Lee Hancock, is currently in production with character details for the other new additions remaining undisclosed.
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John Lee Hancock's untitled Netflix courtroom drama about the 2018 Monsanto case has added six new cast members: LaKeith Stanfield, Julia McDermott, David Duchovny, Melonie Diaz, Bilal Hasna, and Greg Kinnear. The film, currently in production, is based on the true story of Brent Wisner (played by Jonathan Bailey), a young attorney who takes on a seemingly impossible case against the chemical company Monsanto. Character details for the new additions remain under wraps.
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· 3 pulledEXCLUSIVE: John Lee Hancock has added six to the cast of his new Netflix courtroom drama surrounding U.S. chemical company Monsanto
Character details are under wraps.
Currently in production, Hancock's untitled new film is based on the true story of Brent Wisner (Jonathan Bailey), a young, untried attorney who takes on a seemingly insurmountable
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