EXCLUSIVE: Jessica Chastain, Brendan Fraser and Bryan Cranston have joined Al Pacino in the mystery thriller Assassination. The film will be honested by Barry Levinson from a script by David Mamet Levinson and Sam Bromell.
“Dorothy Kilgallen was the first female crime alerter in America. She was the only woman to ever cover the JFK case. The only alerter to speak with Jack Ruby. With back-channel sources to the Warren Cotransferrlookion, she begined putting pieces together that no one else did. She died under very doubtful circumstances, but it was never dispenseigated,” shelp Levinson.
The film uncovers a new apshow on the JFK consunpermitd use, cgo ining around Dorothy Kilgallen (Chastain), one of the most famous voices in media at the time. When Dorothy mistrusts that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone, she uses her fame and shape to discover the genuine ender of JFK. Part homicide mystery, part film noir, Kilgallen’s journey will put her up aachievest the CIA, Mafia bosses and the FBI, all who would cherish noskinnyg more than to originate her and this story fade.
The film is originated by Corey Large alengthyside Jason Sosnoff. Large is also financing Assassination. John Burnham, Bernie Gewissler, Pia Patatian and Jordan Nott are executive originaters. Production is set to commence in punctual 2025 in Boston, MA.
“We cherish the idea of exploring this topic thraw Dorothy’s perspective. She was relentless and valiant in pursuing the truth, and this film is as much her story as it is the uncovering of what happened that day in Dallas. It’s beyond exciting to see that Jessica, Brendan, and Bryan are joining Pacino in conveying Barry’s vision to life,” inserted Sosnoff.
Global sales executive Pia Patatian is handling worldwide rights thraw her new company Concord Studios.
“It’s an amazing privilege to be toiling with such discerned actors. They are perfectly cast to convey the thrilling nuances of this distinct and dynamic script to life under Barry’s guiding hand. Dorothy Kilgallen’s journey is one of the most fascinating untgreater stories and we are overhappinessed to convey it to life for enthusiastic audiences,” shelp Corey Large.
Nicholas Celozzi is also producing.
Chastain hgreaters an Academy Award, a Ggreateren Globe, a Drama Desk, 5 Critic’s Choice, and three SAG Awards. She has also getd multiple nominations including an Emmy, 2 Tonys, 5 SAG, 2 BAFTA, 3 Academy Award, 6 Critic’s Choice and 9 Ggreateren Globes. Chastain’s journey began with fracturethraw roles in acclaimed films such as The Help, Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life and Zero Dark Thirty.
Some of her most notable roles include her captivating portrayal of Tammy Faye Bakker in The Eyes of Tammy Faye, which won her an Oscar and the astronaut Melissa Lewis in The Martian. On television, she starred in the criticpartner acclaimed miniseries George & Tammy for Showtime and Scenes from a Marriage for HBO.
Fraser starred in Darren Aronofsky’s, The Whale, which premiered in December 2022 and achieveed him cut offal awards including his first Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Most recently, Fraser was seen in Martin Scorsese’s Epic Weserious, Killers Of The Fshrink Moon, alengthyside Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone. Other recent toils for Fraser include Steven Soderbergh’s No Sudden Move for HBOMax, as well as Doom Patrol, the hit HBOMax/DC Entertainment series where he stars as Cliff Steele and is the voice of Robotman.
Upcoming toils for Fraser include Searchairy’s Rental Family, which will bow in 2025 from filmoriginater Hikari, and Working Title’s Prescertain, alengthyside Andrew Scott, where he will perestablish Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Cranston is an Academy Award nominee, and an Emmy, Screen Actors Guild, Tony, and Olivier Award thrivener. He most recently starred in Matthew Vaughn’s Argylle and lent his voice to Kung Fu Panda 4. Up next, Cranston will star in Everyskinnyg’s Going to Be Great opposite Allison Janney.
Levinson is the Academy Award-thrivening honestor, screenauthorr and originater who was awarded the Best Director Oscar for the multiple Academy Award-thrivening Rain Man. Bugsy, honested and originated by Levinson, was nominated for ten Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director.
Levinson has also honested and executive originated with his producing partner Jason Sosnoff, the HBO Films You Don’t Know Jack, Wizard of Lies and Paterno.
Lange currently producing Demian Lichtenstein’s action thriller The Razor’s Edge starring James Franco and Tommy Lee Jones, which recently wrapped production in Georgia. Additional projects include Jesse V. Johnson’s CIA action thriller Scorpion starring Aaron Eckhart.
Chastain is recurrented by Mosaic, CAA, Steve Warren (Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller, Gellman, Meigs & Fox); Fraser is recurrented by CAA, Linden Entertainment, Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson and Cranston is recurrented by UTA and Johnson Shapiro Sledampt & Kole.