{"id":394822,"date":"2026-01-07T22:35:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T22:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/394822\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T22:35:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T22:35:17","slug":"will-arnett-to-replace-david-harbour-in-tony-gilroys-behemoth-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/394822\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Arnett to Replace David Harbour in Tony Gilroy\u2019s Behemoth Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/will-arnett\/\" id=\"auto-tag_will-arnett_1\" data-tag=\"will-arnett\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Will Arnett<\/a> has stepped in to replace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/david-harbour\/\" id=\"auto-tag_david-harbour_1\" data-tag=\"david-harbour\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Harbour<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/tony-gilroy\/\" id=\"auto-tag_tony-gilroy_1\" data-tag=\"tony-gilroy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tony Gilroy<\/a>\u2019s Behemoth! drama, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tHarbour had earlier pulled out of the project that also stars Pedro Pascal and Olivia Wilde after the wrap of Stranger Things, apparently in need of some downtime. Harbour plays the role of Jim Hopper on the Netflix drama.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tGilroy is directing Behemoth! for Searchlight Pictures and represents his first major work from since he wrapped up all his commitments to season two of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/andor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Andor<\/a>. That project earned him an Emmy Award nomination for best series.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated Stories\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-features\/thr-writers-roundtable-bradley-cooper-guillermo-del-toro-1236464418\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/251121_THR_Writers-625-SPLASH-2026.jpg\" alt=\"From left: Will\u202fTracy, Clint Bentley, Noah Oppenheim, Bradley Cooper, Hikari and Guillermo del Toro were photographed Nov. 21 at Penske Studios in Los\u202fAngeles.\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-reviews\/stranger-things-finale-review-netflix-critics-1236462465\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/StrangerThings_S5_0697_R_e33550.jpg\" alt=\"Noah Schnapp and Winona Ryder in 'Stranger Things.'\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tGilroy wrote the script for\u00a0Behemoth!\u00a0and is producing with Sanne Wohlenberg and John Gilroy, both of whom he worked with on\u00a0Andor. The recasting for Behemoth! followed comic and actor Arnett coming off a star turn in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/bradley-cooper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bradley Cooper<\/a>\u2018s third feature film,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-reviews\/is-this-thing-on-review-will-arnett-laura-dern-1236397884\/\">Is This Thing On?<\/a>, where he appeared opposite Laura Dern. He also has credits in\u00a0cult TV comedies like\u00a0Arrested Development, 30 Rock\u00a0and\u00a0BoJack Horseman.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tWhile Searchlight has not put out an official logline for Behemoth!, sources tell\u00a0THR the story is described as a love letter to the music of the movies and the people who make it. It tells of a musician, to be played by Pascal, from a family of musicians who returns to Los Angeles. Wilde will play the man\u2019s former lover.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tSenior vp of production\u00a0Rayne Roberts\u00a0and creative executive\u00a0Cameron Chidsey\u00a0are overseeing for Searchlight Pictures, reporting to heads of production and development DanTram Nguyen and Katie Goodson-Thomas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Will Arnett has stepped in to replace David Harbour in Tony Gilroy\u2019s Behemoth! drama, The Hollywood Reporter has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[13903,49,48,41878,75,43268,53078],"class_list":["post-394822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-bradley-cooper","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-david-harbour","tag-entertainment","tag-tony-gilroy","tag-will-arnett"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}