As we reported before, Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Jason Bateman will topline State of Play. Today Universal Pictures/Working Title announced that Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren and Robin Wright Penn joined the trio.
Directed by Kevin Macdonald, 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.
As we reported before, Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Jason Bateman will topline State of Play. Today Universal Pictures/Working Title announced that Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren and Robin Wright Penn joined the trio.
