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Ed Harris To Play John McCain In HBO’s McCain/Palin Movie ‘Game Change’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday March 23, 2011 @ 5:11pm PDTTags: Ed Harris, Game Change, HBO, John McCain, Playtone
Nellie Andreeva

Ed Harris is set to star opposite Julianne Moore in HBO Films’ Game Change, which Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman’s Playtone has come on board to produce.

Harris will portray Sen. John McCain in the movie, which follows McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign, from his selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (Moore) as his running mate to their ultimate defeat in the general election. Based on the bestselling book Game Change, by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, the film is directed by Jay Roach and written by Danny Strong, whose previous collaboration was HBO’s Recount, about the 2000 Florida recount. Playtone is producing in association with Roach’s Everyman Pictures, with Hanks, Goetzman and Roach executive producing. Strong serves as co-executive producer. Harris, who has 4 Oscar nominations, also played a presidential candidate in the 1992 feature comedy Running Mates. On HBO, he previously starred in the movie Empire Falls, which earned him an Emmy nomination.

In addition to Game Change, HBO also is developing a miniseries about former Vice President Dick Cheney.

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Julianne Moore To Play Sarah Palin In HBO Movie About 2008 Presidential Election

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday March 9, 2011 @ 12:48pm PSTTags: Danny Strong, Game Change, HBO, Julianne Moore, TV
Nellie Andreeva

Sarah Palin is getting the movie treatment with HBO Films’ Game Change. Oscar-nominated actress Julianne Moore will portray the former Alaska governor in the project, which will chronicle Palin’s burst … Read More »

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