The film takes place during a production week on the set of I Love Lucy and will start with a Monday table read and end with an audience shoot on Friday. The film will show the challenges that the iconic Hollywood couple faced that could’ve ended their careers and marriage.

Sorkin wrote the screenplay and will direct for Amazon Studios and Escape Artists with Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, and Steve Tisch of Escape Artists producing. Escape Artists’ Jenna Block and David Bloomfield will serve as executive producers with Stuart Besser, Lucie Arnaz, Desi Arnaz Jr., and Lauren Lohman.

No production date has been set as the COVID-19 pandemic has shut down most filming projects in the U.S.

Kidman recently starred in The Undoing with High Grant. She was also in Ryan Murphy’s The Prom. Later this year, she’ll star in Nine Perfect Strangers and The Northman.

Bardem was most recently in The Roads Not Taken and he’s set to star in Dune and the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid.

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The film, The Trial of the Chicago 7, adds Michael Keaton, William Hurt (Goliath, Avengers) and JC MacKenzie (The Irishman, The Departed) to its cast.

The three join the previously announced ensemble cast, which includes Frank Langella, Mark Rylance, Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong, Alex Sharp, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Kelvin Harrison Jr.

The Trial of the Chicago 7 tells the events of the 1969 trial of the 7 defendants charged with conspiracy following the Chicago protests that followed the 1968  Democratic National Convention. 

Keaton is set to play real-life progressive lawyer and prominent figure in the Civil Rights Movement, Ramsey Clark. 

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The Trial of the Chicago 7 has added some big names to its cast and according to sources, it looks like more A-listers may be coming.  

Aaron Sorkin’s upcoming feature has tapped some major names as its stars including Seth Rogen, Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jonathan Majors, and Alex Sharp. 

According to Deadline, Redmayne will play Tom Hayden, Baron Cohen is Abbie Hoffman, Rogen will be Jerry Rubin, Gordon-Levitt has been set to play Richard Schultz, Jonathan Majors stars as Bobby Seale, and Alex Sharp will be Rennie Davis. 

The film is based on the 1969 trial of seven defendants charged by the federal government with multiple offenses including conspiracy and inciting to riot. Sorkin will direct from a screenplay penned by himself. According to a press release, despite being set in the late ‘60s, the film “speaks directly to the divisiveness of our times and how young people can take on power and change the world.”

The Trial of the Chicago 7 marks Sorkin’s second directorial effort following Molly’s Game.

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The veteran screenwriter who created The West Wing and The Newsroom delved into directing last year when he brought the true story of Olympic skier turned poker game madam, Molly Bloom, to life in Molly’s Game.

He is now set to try his hand at another film based on a trial.

Despite penning the script for Chicago 7, the film was originally set to be directed by Steven Spielberg. A writers strike delayed production, with the Ready Player One filmmaker moving on when a new date could not be settled. Paul Greengrass of The Bourne Supremacy was then attached, but budget disagreements meant he, too, left the project.

Sorkin has now signed on to direct the film he wrote which is based on the infamous 1969 trial of 7 defendants who were charged by the federal government with conspiracy and more, arising from the counter-cultural protests in Chicago at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

This is America star, Sacha Baron Cohen, is in early discussions to join the cast.

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The film takes place during a production week on the set of I Love Lucy and will start with a Monday table read and end with an audience shoot on Friday. The film will show the challenges that the iconic Hollywood couple faced that could’ve ended their careers and marriage.

Sorkin wrote the screenplay and will direct for Amazon Studios and Escape Artists with Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, and Steve Tisch of Escape Artists producing. Escape Artists’ Jenna Block and David Bloomfield will serve as executive producers with Stuart Besser, Lucie Arnaz, Desi Arnaz Jr., and Lauren Lohman.

No production date has been set as the COVID-19 pandemic has shut down most filming projects in the U.S.

Kidman recently starred in The Undoing with High Grant. She was also in Ryan Murphy’s The Prom. Later this year, she’ll star in Nine Perfect Strangers and The Northman.

Bardem was most recently in The Roads Not Taken and he’s set to star in Dune and the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid.

The post Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem in Talks to Play Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz appeared first on EverydayKoala.

The film, The Trial of the Chicago 7, adds Michael Keaton, William Hurt (Goliath, Avengers) and JC MacKenzie (The Irishman, The Departed) to its cast.

The three join the previously announced ensemble cast, which includes Frank Langella, Mark Rylance, Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong, Alex Sharp, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Kelvin Harrison Jr.

The Trial of the Chicago 7 tells the events of the 1969 trial of the 7 defendants charged with conspiracy following the Chicago protests that followed the 1968  Democratic National Convention. 

Keaton is set to play real-life progressive lawyer and prominent figure in the Civil Rights Movement, Ramsey Clark. 

The post Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7” Adds to Cast, Gets Release Date appeared first on EverydayKoala.

The Trial of the Chicago 7 has added some big names to its cast and according to sources, it looks like more A-listers may be coming.  

Aaron Sorkin’s upcoming feature has tapped some major names as its stars including Seth Rogen, Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jonathan Majors, and Alex Sharp. 

According to Deadline, Redmayne will play Tom Hayden, Baron Cohen is Abbie Hoffman, Rogen will be Jerry Rubin, Gordon-Levitt has been set to play Richard Schultz, Jonathan Majors stars as Bobby Seale, and Alex Sharp will be Rennie Davis. 

The film is based on the 1969 trial of seven defendants charged by the federal government with multiple offenses including conspiracy and inciting to riot. Sorkin will direct from a screenplay penned by himself. According to a press release, despite being set in the late ‘60s, the film “speaks directly to the divisiveness of our times and how young people can take on power and change the world.”

The Trial of the Chicago 7 marks Sorkin’s second directorial effort following Molly’s Game.

The post Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7” Adds to its Cast appeared first on EverydayKoala.

The veteran screenwriter who created The West Wing and The Newsroom delved into directing last year when he brought the true story of Olympic skier turned poker game madam, Molly Bloom, to life in Molly’s Game.

He is now set to try his hand at another film based on a trial.

Despite penning the script for Chicago 7, the film was originally set to be directed by Steven Spielberg. A writers strike delayed production, with the Ready Player One filmmaker moving on when a new date could not be settled. Paul Greengrass of The Bourne Supremacy was then attached, but budget disagreements meant he, too, left the project.

Sorkin has now signed on to direct the film he wrote which is based on the infamous 1969 trial of 7 defendants who were charged by the federal government with conspiracy and more, arising from the counter-cultural protests in Chicago at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

This is America star, Sacha Baron Cohen, is in early discussions to join the cast.

The post Aaron Sorkin is Directing His Sophomore Film appeared first on EverydayKoala.