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J. Edgar
Release Date: November 11, 2011 (North America)
Genres: Drama, Historical MPAA Rating: R
Production Phase: Released
Studio: Warner Bros. Production Company: Malpaso Productions
Who's In It: Leonardo DiCaprio (J. Edgar Hoover), Naomi Watts (Helen Gandy), Ken Howard (General Harlan F. Stone), Damon Herriman (Bruno Hauptmann), Ed Westwick (Agent Smith)
Who's Making It: Clint Eastwood (Director), Dustin Lance Black (Screenwriter), Brian Grazer (Producer), Rob Lorenz (Producer), Clint Eastwood (Producer)
Premise: An examination of the law enforcement career of J. Edgar Hoover, the first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.... More »
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Deadline reports that Leonardo DiCaprio is "set" to play Hoover in Clint Eastwood's film. "He's going to spread his wings," the site's unnamed source is credited as saying.
- Deadline. Comment on this Scoop (0)Thursday, March 11, 2010
Client Eastwood is thinking about making a movie about the life of legendary FBI lawman J. Edgar Hoover. The script for the untitled Hoover biopic has been written by Dustin Lance Black, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter for Milk.
The Hoover movie was originally set up at Universal Pictures with Imagine Entertainment developing it. After a year in development Universal decided to place the project in turnaround. Now Warner Bros. is interested in making the movie via Eastwood's Malpaso Pictures company. [Full story]
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