Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey & Jeff Bridges Are The Men Who Stare at Goats
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ewan McGregor, Oscar winner Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges are in negotiations to star opposite Clooney in the feature, which Heslov is directing from a script by Peter Straughan.
Based on the book by the Guardian columnist Jon Ronson, Men Who Stare at Goats is set in Iraq and centers on Bob Wilton (McGregor), a desperate reporter who stumbles upon the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady (Clooney), who claims to be a former secret U.S. military psychic soldier who was re-activated post-9/11.
Men Who Stare at Goats chronicles the two men's travels through Iraq and offers glimpses into the supposedly real secret Army unit tasked with creating soldiers with paranormal powers.
Bridges will play Bill Django, the founder of the psychic soldier program and Lyn's mentor. Spacey will play Larry Hooper, a former psychic soldier who is running a prison camp in Iraq.
Clooney and Heslov's Smoke House and BBC Films are co-producing the feature, which is eyeing an early October production start date.
The Men Who Stare at Goats was released November 6th, 2009 and stars George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, Stephen Lang, Robert Patrick, Waleed Zuaiter, Stephen Root. The film is directed by Grant Heslov.
Sources: The Hollywood Reporter
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The Doctor
Sounds good. Well for a film with goats in the movie title anyways.......
3 years agoby @ghettokidFlag
The Narrator: The Better Man
Sweet, it looks like it can have some seriously dark humor in this, while a little bit wierd story, the cast with McGregor, Clooney,a and Spacey will not disappoint.
3 years agoby @narratorFlag
Raoul Duke
This sounds amazing.
3 years agoby @raoulduke33Flag
VictorC
No, there's some truth to this. During the Vietnam war there was something called the "Earth Batallion". I think. They were all about harnassing forces around them to combat the enemy. There's a doc*mentary called "Crazy Rulers of the World" and one of the parts is called "Men Who Stare at Goats". Check it out.
3 years agoby @victorcFlag
Space101
Sounds good!
3 years agoby @space101Flag
The Kwisatz Haderach
thats a cast for sure, odd storyline, might be good
3 years agoby @the-kwisatz-haderachFlag
Frenzy2001
Great cast, really odd story. I'm kind of hoping its one of those "twisted comedies".
3 years agoby @frenzy2001Flag
Nyfresh
agreed great cast but im not really buyin into the story
3 years agoby @leo16Flag
Err
this is a nice cast, i agree.
3 years agoby @err2005Flag
T.Clark
Awesome cast and the story sounds great
3 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag