In 2015, Variety announced that Belgian Director Felix Van Groeningen had taken over the Director role with a new script written by Australian Writer Luke Davies. In January 2017, it was revealed Steve Carell and Will Poulter had joined the cast of the film, as the father and son, respectively. Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Brad Pitt were announced as the main producers. In February 2017, Timothée Chalamet, joined the cast of the film, replacing Poulter. In March 2017, Amy Forsyth, Ricky Low, Amy Ryan, Maura Tierney, Kaitlyn Dever and Timothy Hutton joined the cast of the film. That same month, LisaGay Hamilton joined the cast of the film. In April 2017, Christian Convery joined the cast of the film. That same month, Andre Royo joined the cast of the film.