Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer is also on board for the gritty thriller, said The Hollywood Reporter.
The project is written and directed by brothers Eshom Nelms and Ian Nelms.
The movie revolves around an alcoholic ex-cop (Hawkes), who finds the body of a young woman and, through an act of self-redemption, becomes hell-bent on finding the killer but unwittingly puts his family in danger and gets caught up with several dark characters along the way.
Spencer plays Hawkes' character's sister, Anderson plays her husband, while Forster is the missing girl's grandfather.