Jonathan Bailey Replaces Glen Powell in Monsanto for Netflix

jonathan bailey has joined John Lee Hancock’s legal drama Monsanto for Netflix, replacing Glen Powell. The film is set to shoot in Germany, and the move comes after the German-US co-production secured more than $30 million at the Cannes 2024 market.

Bailey will play Brent Wisner, the untried attorney who takes on Monsanto in the lawsuit over Roundup herbicide products and cancer claims. Laura Dern plays the company’s chief toxicologist, the witness who says in court that Roundup is safe.

Netflix and Bavaria

The project received €500,000 from FFF Bayern’s dedicated fund for international films and series. It also got support from the regional film fund’s film commission for location scouting in Bavaria, a practical sign that the production is moving from package to ground work.

That funding sits inside a wider system built for bigger spend: Bavaria’s international film fund can offer up to €2 million per project as a conditionally repayable loan for international theatrical films and series. For this title, the German plan and the Netflix sale now point in the same direction.

Glen Powell Out

Powell’s exit changes the face of the film, but not the central business of it. The story still rests on the Roundup litigation, the courtroom clash over Monsanto’s toxicology defense, and Hancock’s push to turn a high-stakes legal fight into a financed cross-border production.

For viewers, the practical takeaway is simple: the cast is set in motion again, the German shoot is the next production step, and Bailey is now the lead attached to a project that already has platform backing and regional money behind it.