Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey & Jeff Bridges Are The Men Who Stare at Goats

George Clooney and Grant Heslov have rounded up an all-star cast for Men Who Stare at Goats, produced by Mandate Pictures.

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.


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Comments (10)

  1. The Doctor

    Sounds good. Well for a film with goats in the movie title anyways.......

    3 years agoby @ghettokidFlag

  2. 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

  3. Raoul Duke

    This sounds amazing.

    3 years agoby @raoulduke33Flag

  4. 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

  5. Space101

    Sounds good!

    3 years agoby @space101Flag

  6. The Kwisatz Haderach

    thats a cast for sure, odd storyline, might be good

    3 years agoby @the-kwisatz-haderachFlag

  7. Frenzy2001

    Great cast, really odd story. I'm kind of hoping its one of those "twisted comedies".

    3 years agoby @frenzy2001Flag

  8. Nyfresh

    agreed great cast but im not really buyin into the story

    3 years agoby @leo16Flag

  9. Err

    this is a nice cast, i agree.

    3 years agoby @err2005Flag

  10. T.Clark

    Awesome cast and the story sounds great

    3 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

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