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McAdams, Mirren, Wright Penn join Pitt/Norton in 'State of P
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Libs
Sbil
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McAdams, Mirren, Wright Penn join Pitt/Norton in 'State of P
Variety wrote: Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren and Robin Wright Penn will join Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Jason Bateman in "State of Play," the Universal Pictures/Working Title adaptation of the British miniseries. Kevin Macdonald is directing; Matthew Michael Carnahan wrote the script.
McAdams will play a reporter in the middle of a career-making story, as her newspaper investigates the death of the mistress of a fast-rising congressman. Mirren will play the newspaper's steely editor, a role undertaken by Bill Nighy in the original mini. Wright Penn will play the congressman's estranged wife. She becomes romantically involved with the pol's former campaign manager (Pitt), who leads the newspaper's investigative team. Norton plays the congressman and Bateman plays the other lead reporter.
Andrew Hauptman is producing with Working Title partners Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. Paul Abbott, who wrote the six-hour mini, is exec producer.
McAdams is playing the title role in the Robert Schwentke-directed "The Time Traveler's Wife" for New Line and recently wrapped Neil Burger's "The Return."
Mirren next stars in "National Treasure: Book of Secrets" for Disney and "Inkheart" for New Line. Wright Penn next will be seen in "Beowulf" and the Barry Levinson-directed comedy "What Just Happened?" for 2929 Prods. and Warner Bros. http://www.variety.com/article/VR111797 ... id=13&cs=1Assembling quite the cast there.
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Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:30 pm |
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Jonathan
Begging Naked
Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:07 pm Posts: 14737 Location: The Present (Duh)
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Re: McAdams, Mirren, Wright Penn join Pitt/Norton in 'State of P
Is it just me, or is that one very sexy cast for both sides?
Interesting that McAdams is taking the lead here, especially since the lead was male in the original. Quite the contrast to the WB story. With this kind of cast and being based off an acclaimed British miniseries...Traffic 2?
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Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:37 pm |
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thompsoncory
Rachel McAdams Fan
Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:13 am Posts: 14544 Location: LA / NYC
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Re: McAdams, Mirren, Wright Penn join Pitt/Norton in 'State of P
Rachel's there, so I'm there. I'm insanely pumped for this. All of her upcoming projects seem fantastic.
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Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:34 pm |
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Excel
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Joined: Sat Aug 20, 2005 12:54 am Posts: 21895 Location: Places
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Re: McAdams, Mirren, Wright Penn join Pitt/Norton in 'State of P
old news but that is a helluva cast; mcadams is 3rd in billing behind norton and pitt.
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Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:39 am |
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Dr. Lecter
You must have big rats
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Re: McAdams, Mirren, Wright Penn join Pitt/Norton in 'State of P
I think it was already posted here
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xiayun
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Re: McAdams, Mirren, Wright Penn join Pitt/Norton in 'State of P
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