Eric Roberts Among Those Joining The Chair Movie

's Eric Roberts is among a handful of actors just cast in Chad Ferrin's adaptation of Alterna Comics's The Chair, the publisher announced this week. The project is expected to hit in 2015, although they're still in the financing phase. Director Chad Ferrin is on board with a screenplay written by Erin Kohut, who edited the graphic novel. Alterna says there are currently several notable actors in talks for other roles, including that of the lead, Richard Sullivan. Roberts was cast as Murphy, a "brutal and sarcastic" prison guard who terrorizes Sullivan. Also cast are Bill Oberst, Jr. as the Warden, Derrick Damions as another guard named Simmons, Jacob Banser as an inmate nicknamed Bones.