Katherine Waterston replaces Michelle Williams in Jonah Hill's directorial debut, 'Mid 90s'

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By Darian Scalamoni

            We reported months ago that Michelle Williams would star in Jonah Hill’s directorial debut, Mid-90s but now, we’re getting news that she’s dropped out of the project and Hill has cast the replacement. According to The Playlist, Katherine Waterston will replace Williams in the movie.

            Waterston will play the mother of the lead character, Stevie who navigates his way through the Los Angeles skateboarding scene that also involves drugs, drinking and sex amongst his coming of age. Stevie will be played by Sunny Suljic, who is set to appear in Yorgos Lanthimos’ upcoming movie, The Killing of a Sacred Deer. Lucas Hedges, the recent Oscar nominee, will play Stevie’s older brother in the film as well. Waterston is becoming a high-profile actress and though she doesn’t have the same name recognition as Williams, I think she’ll work well with Hill and could be a good choice for this role.

            Waterston was seen earlier this year starring in Alien: Covenant and has multiple other movies set to be released this year. Those other 2017 releases include, Steven Soderbergh’s, Logan Lucky and Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s, The Current War. She’s also signed on to return as Tina Goldstein in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2 which hits theaters on November 16^th, 2018.