
Oscar winner Colin Firth and Michael Fassbender are set to star in Genius. Based on the relationship between author Thomas Wolfe and renowned editor Max Perkins, the film will be directed by Michael Grandage. Gladiator and Skyfall scribe John Logan will adapt the script from A. Scott Berg’s award-winning biography Max Perkins: Editor Of Genius. James Bierman for the Michael Grandage Company will produce Genius. CAA will arrange the financing and represent the film’s North American distribution rights. FilmNation start international sales on Genius at AFM this week.
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Uh, this sounds very BORING.
How many movies is Fass attached to now?? 19, 20??
Is this film only focusing on Thomas Wolfe? Maybe Perkins-Fitzgerald and Perkins-Hemingway could be separate films. Everything’s a trilogy nowadays, right?
Colin F and Michael F are HOT…regardless, they are both prolific actors who can breath some life into this movie plot. Good beginning with director and producer too. Looking forward to this.
I like both of these actors very much–in fact, I’ll see whatever they’re in. However, this is the first time I’ve ever said I’d rather see American actors in a film about Americans. (Accents will be a problem for these two, if past work is any indication…)
True, but I would rather hear a few dodgy accents than see another hammy, squeaky-voiced, undisciplined performance from Sean Penn, who was previously attached to the project. How can someone so talented be so consistently tone-deaf?
My choice for lead Damian Lewis (Assassin in Love) Great actor and good in comedic role. Firth too old and not good in comedic role