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Clooney in Talks to Star in Payne's 'Descendants'
Clooney in Talks to Star in Payne's 'Descendants'
By
Nancy Tartaglione
|
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
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George Clooney
is eyeing a lead role in
Alexander Payne
's family dramedy
The Descendants
, for Fox Searchlight.
Variety
reports that the actor is in talks for the film, about a wealthy landowner who takes his daughters on a search for his wife's lover in a bid to keep his family together.
Clooney is currently shooting the
Anton Corbijn
-directed thriller
The American
.
Payne's last feature as director was 2004's
Sideways
. He is scheduled to start shooting
Descendants
in February in Hawaii.
The screenplay, based on Kaui Hart Hemmings' debut novel, was penned by
Nat Faxon
and
Jim Rash
.
Payne,
Jim Burke
and
Jim Taylor
are producing through their shingle Ad Hominem.
Story:
http://www.hollywoodwiretap.com/?module=news&action=story&id=42028
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