Michael Stuhlbarg, last seen portraying real-life characters in Trumbo and Steve Jobs, is in negotiations to join the cast of Guillermo del Toro’s untitled movie for Fox Searchlight.
Del Toro is planning a shoot this summer and is deep in the casting stages. Octavia Spencer and Sally Hawkins are already in negotiations to be on the roll call.
Details are being kept in a bunker, but the project, written by del Toro, is described as a mysterious and magical journey set against the backdrop of Cold War-era America circa 1963, with an otherworldly love story at the center of it.
Details for Stuhlbarg’s role were not revealed.
The actor will appear in Marvel’s Doctor Strange and his next big-screen stop will be in Story of Your Life, the new film from Sicario director Denis Villeneuve.
He is repped by ICM Partners, Viking Entertainment and Hansen Jacobson.
