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The Hollywood Reporter
UPDATED: Rachel McAdams and Stanley Tucci are also joining the Tom McCarthy-directed, ripped-from-the-headlines drama.
Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams and Stanley Tucci are in advanced talks to board the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal film Spotlight.
The ripped-from-the-headlines drama chronicles the Catholic Church’s decades-long cover-up of its pedophile priests in Massachusetts that came to light thanks to a yearlong investigation by The Boston Globe. Tom McCarthy (Win Win) is directing.
Ruffalo and McAdams would play reporters. Insiders say McAdams’ part is a supporting role.
Participant Media is financing the film, which is being produced by Michael Sugar and Steve Golin of Anonymous Content and Rocklin/Faust’s Nicole Rocklin and Blye Faust. Open Road will distribute in the United States. eOne is taking international sales rights and will distribute in its territories. The then-untitled film had been set up at DreamWorks, but the studio quietly exited the project last year. Multiple suitors are said to be vying for the potentially controversial title.
Josh Singer wrote the Black List script.
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