Charlie Wilson's War

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Julia Roberts Circling Charlie Wilson's War

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Source: Variety January 11, 2006

In what would be her first onscreen role since 2004's Ocean's Twelve, Julia Roberts is circling Universal Pictures' Charlie Wilson's War.

Variety says Roberts is in early talks to board the project with her Closer director Mike Nichols. She would star with Tom Hanks, who is producing the film with Playtone partner Gary Goetzman.

Hanks declared last year that he'd play Charlie Wilson, the rogue Texas congressman who oversaw the covert funding of the Afghan rebels in their battle against the Soviet Union.

Roberts is in talks to play Joanne Herring, a big-haired and beautiful Texas socialite who influenced Wilson to support the rebel cause.

Based on the book by 60 Minutes producer George Crile, the film was written by Aaron Sorkin. Production will begin later this year.

Variety (http://www.variety.com/)

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Klinkt als een zeer interessant project en Mike Nichols zou aan het onderhandelen zijn voor de regie. Bovendien is het project ook nog eens geschreven door de ijzersterke Aaron Sorkin, en Hollywood lijkt eindelijk te beseffen dat het een andere weg moet inslaan, al mogen we natuurlijk niet te vroeg juichen...

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Hoffman Fights War and Devil

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Source: Variety June 16, 2006

Variety says that Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman will join Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts in Universal Pictures' Charlie Wilson's War and will head the cast of the Capitol Films drama Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, directed by Sidney Lumet.

Charlie Wilson's War is directed by Mike Nichols and produced for Universal by Playtone partners Hanks and Gary Goetzman. Aaron Sorkin adapted George Crile's book about a rogue congressman and CIA agent who found the means to secretly arm rebels to fight against invading Soviet troops in Afghanistan in the early 1980s. Hoffman will play the CIA agent. Shooting begins Oct. 10.

Hoffman will first shoot Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, about brothers who try to rob their parents' jewelry store, only to botch the job. The project, which will shoot in New York next month, also stars Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney and Marisa Tomei. Lumet, Kelly Masterson and Austin Chick wrote the script. Michael Cerenzie is producing.

Hoffman, who was last seen in Mission: Impossible III, has been shooting the indie drama The Savages, opposite Laura Linney, for writer-director Tamara Jenkins.

Variety (http://www.variety.com/)

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Adams Enlisted for Charlie Wilson's War

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Source: Variety July 28, 2006

Variety reports that Amy Adams will star in Charlie Wilson's War, the Mike Nichols-directed adaptation of the George Crile book for Universal Pictures and Playtone. Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman are producing.

Adams, Oscar nominated for Junebug, joins Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman in the drama about a rogue congressman and CIA operative who conspired to arm Afghan rebels against invading Soviet forces.

The Aaron Sorkin-scripted film begins shooting in Morocco in mid-October.

Adams next can be seen in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, opening August 4, and is currently shooting the Kevin Lima-directed Enchanted for Disney and will voice the Spyglass/Disney animated film Underdog.

Variety (http://www.variety.com/)