Benedict Cumberbatch and James McAvoy join The Book of Clarence cast

Benedict Cumberbatch and James McAvoy have joined the cast of 'The Book of Clarence'.

The upcoming follow-up to writer, director, composer and producer Jeymes Samuel's 2021 big screen debut 'The Harder They Fall' has added a lot of talented stars joining leads LaKeith Stanfield and Omar Sy.

As well as Cumberbatch and McAvoy, the Alfre Woodard ('12 Years a Slave'), David Oyelowo ('Chaos Walking'), Anna Diop ('Titans'), Marianne Jean-Baptiste ('Robocop') and Caleb McLaughlin ('Stranger Things') have all signed on for the Legendary Pictures production.

They will be joined by Micheal Ward ('Small Axe'), Tom Glynn-Carney ('House of the Dragon') Babs Olusanmokun ('Black Mirror'), Eric Kofi Abrefa ('Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'), Teyana Taylor ('Coming 2 America'), Nicholas Pinnock ('Fortitude'), and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor ('Avengers: Endgame').

The movie will see director Samuel reunited with collaborators James Lassiter, Tendo Nagenda and Shawn 'Jay-Z' Carter.