Kenneth Branagh, Hiam Abbass and Boyd Holbrook on board Atonement's adaptation

Actors Kenneth Branagh, Hiam Abbass and Boyd Holbrook will be starring in the film adaptation of the 2012 New Yorker article Atonement, helmed by debutant Reed Van Dyk.

The film follows a disturbed marine who attempts to reconcile with the survivors of an Iraqi family, victimised by his unit in the 2003 War on Terror campaign. The principal photography of the film is set to begin this month in Texas and Jordan. The article features Lu Lobello, who is haunted by his past in Baghdad, filled with guilt and remorse, takes out a journey to meet Nora, a lone survivor of the family killed in his team may have harmed.

Van Dyk previously made the Oscar-nominated short film DeKalb Elementary (2017). It is based on a 911 call that follows a gunman who encounters a compassionate employee in the school he tries to attack.

Brit actor Branagh, known for Henry V, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Hamlet, Thor and Murder on the Orient Express, will also be seen in Apple TV+'s Mayday with Ryan Reynolds. Abbass is best known for her role in Succession, while Holbrook starred in Bob Dylan's biopic A Complete Unknown.

The film is produced by Tim and Trevor White of Star Thrower, David Wulf and Steven Demmler of Talon Entertainment, alongside Van Dyk.