EXCLUSIVE: Charles Melton is the latest to join the upcoming project from Daniels as sources tell Deadline the Beef actor is in negotiations to join Matt Damon and Sandra Oh in the untitled event pic at Universal. Filmmaker duo Daniels, aka Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, will write and direct.

Universal had no comment on the casting.

Details on the project remain under wraps. Kwan, Scheinert and Jonathan Wang will produce through their company Playgrounds’ overall deal with Universal. Playgrounds’ Kwan and Wang recently produced The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist from Universal’s specialty studio Focus Features. It bowed in March.

Executive VP Production Development Sara Scott and Director of Production Development Jacqueline Garell will oversee the Daniels’ new project for Universal.

The pic is set to bow on November 19, 2027.

Melton most recently was seen in the Netflix limited series Beef, which also starred Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan and Cailee Spaeney. Melton earned rave reviews for his perf and is expected to be in the thick of the award season contenders this Emmy season.

On the film side, he starred in the Nic Refn pic Her Private Hell, which recently premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. He is repped by CAA and 111 Media.