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The pop singer will star alongside Jeff Bridges and Mary Steenburgen in the film.
According to Variety, the movie will tell the story of a man trying to reconnect with his father, a world-famous athlete, while trying to take him home to his sick mother's bedside.
The Open Road is due to start shooting in Louisiana in March.
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