Joshua Jackson has joined the cast of Lay the Favorite, for director Stephen Frears.

Bruce Willis, Rebecca Hall, Justin Timberlake, and Catherine Zeta-Jones have already joined the cast for this gambling drama, which is based on the memoir written by Beth Raymer. Rebecca Hall will star as Beth Raymer, a Las Vegas cocktail waitress who became one of the best sports gamblers in the world, although she questions her career choices after falling in love.

Bruce Willis will play Raymer's mentor, Dink Heimowitz, Justin Timberlake is set to portray a Long Island bookie who Raymer used to work for, and Catherine Zeta-Jones will play Heimowitz's wife. It isn't known what role Joshua Jackson will have.

Stephen Frears is directing Lay the Favorite from an adapted screenplay by D.V. DeVincentis. It isn't known when production will start on Lay the Favorite.