'Community' actress Gillian Jacobs cast opposite Kevin Costner in 'Black and White'

Gillian Jacobs, who portrays the role of Britta Perry on the NBC comedy series 'Community', is all set to share screen space with Kevin Costner in Mike Binder's 'Black and White'.

According to the Hollywood reporter, Jacobs will join an already impressive cast including, Jennifer Ehle, Octavia Spencer and Anthony Mackie in the film.

Jacobs will play the role of the girlfriend of Costner's best pal, played by Bill Burr.

The story revolves around an attorney, played by Costner, who is fighting for custody of his biracial granddaughter after the girl's black grandmother wishes that the child be placed with the child's father, a drug addict that may have been responsible for the attorney's wife early death.