Toni Collette (Hereditary) has become the latest actor to join Guillermo del Toro`s noir remake of 1947`s `Nightmare Alley`. Actors Richard Jenkins and Michael Shannon, having previously worked with the director are also said to be interested in this project.

Toni Collete, who will be seen in Rian Johnson`s `Knives Out` and Netflix series `Unbelievable` will play a mentalist named Zeena who mentors the protagonist Stan

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(Bradley Cooper) Guillermo Del Toro`s remake is based on the 1947 film, which was based on William Lindsay Gresham`s 1946 novel about a corrupt con-man, Stanton "Stan" Carlisle who teams with a female psychiatrist (Cate Blanchett) to trick people into giving them money. Rooney Mara will play Molly, closest to anything Stan has ever loved.

Del Toro will pen the script with Kim Morgan (The Forbidden Room). Guillermo del Toro will produce with J. Miles Dale with Fox Searchlight looking after worldwide distribution rights. The `Shape of Water` filmmaker is also working on his passion project

`Pinocchio`, but will shoot `Nightmare Alley` first. Currently, in pre-production, del Toro`s remake does not have a release date.