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Jonathan Groff And Joe Mantello Join HBO’s Ryan Murphy Pic ‘The Normal Heart’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday April 26, 2013 @ 3:00pm PDTTags: HBO, Joe Mantello, Jonathan Groff, Ryan Murphy, The Normal Heart
Nellie Andreeva

Glee‘s Jonathan Groff and Joe Mantello have been cast in The Normal Heart, HBO‘s original movie adaptation of the Tony-winning Larry Kramer play, which is being written by Kramer and directed by Ryan Murphy. They join Julia Roberts, Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomer, Jim Parsons and Taylor Kitsch in the pic, which tells the story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s. Production is slated to begin later this year in New York for a 2014 debut.

Groff, repped by WME, already has a gig with HBO, having been cast as a lead in the premium network’s Michael Lannen pilot, which revolves around three thirtysomething friends living in San Francisco who grapple with the complexities of the modern gay experience. In Normal Heart he will play Craig, the first lover of Bruce Niles (Kitsch), an early victim of HIV-AIDS. Mantello will play Mickey Marcus, an instrumental member of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis.

Murphy executive produces with Jason Blum, Dede Gardner and Dante Di Loreto.

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Jim Parsons, Taylor Kitsch Join HBO’s Ryan Murphy-Directed Movie ‘The Normal Heart’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday March 1, 2013 @ 10:33am PSTTags: HBO, Jim Parsons, Taylor Kitsch, The Normal Heart
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: The Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons and Friday Night Lights alum Taylor Kitsch will co-star opposite Julia Roberts, Mark Ruffalo and Matt Bomer in The Normal Heart, HBO‘s original movie adaptation of the Tony-winning Larry Kramer play, which is being written by Kramer and directed by Ryan Murphy. The project tells the story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s. Parsons plays gay activist Tommy Boatwright, reprising his role from the 2011 Broadway revival. He was previously attached to Murphy’s adaptation when it was eyed as a theatrical feature. Kitsch plays Bruce Niles, a closeted investment banker who becomes a prominent AIDS activist. Read More »

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Julia Roberts & Mark Ruffalo To Star In HBO Movie ‘The Normal Heart’, Ryan Murphy To Direct

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday January 4, 2013 @ 2:09pm PSTTags: Big Deals TV, HBO, Julia Roberts, Mark Ruffalo, Ryan Murphy, TCA, The Normal Heart

Ray Richmond is contributing to Deadline’s TCA coverage.

HBO announced this afternoon at TCA that it has greenlighted The Normal Heart, an original movie adaptation of the Tony-winning Larry Kramer play that will star Julia Roberts and … Read More »

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