Sean Penn in Talks for Fair Game

A new biopic about CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson is coming together and they might get a new Oscar winner to star as well. According to Variety, Sean Penn is in negotiations to star in Fair Game.

Penn has not yet closed his deal, but Naomi Watts has been brought on to star as Plame Wilson. If Penn signs on, he will portray her husband, Ambassador Joseph Wilson. The film will be based on the memiors by Plame Wilson.

Plame Wilson was a CIA operative whose covert status was comprimised by the George W. Bush adminstration's Karl Rove and Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, Scooter Libby, after her husband Wilson wrote several op-ed pieces for the New York Times claiming the Bush Administration was manipulating intelligence about the presence of weapons of mass distruction in Iraq.


Sources: Variety

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Comments (5)

  1. thrashnasty190

    if its got Sean Penn im there

    3 years agoby @thrashnasty190Flag

  2. ZanyZap

    I'm convinced Penn can pull off any role.
    And Naomi's also a good actress.

    3 years agoby @zanyzapFlag

  3. Diaigma

    Spammed...

    "You commie homo-loving sons of guns!"

    Funny. I guess we really are going socialist, huh?

    It will be interesting to see how Penn pulls off this role.

    3 years agoby @diaigmaFlag

  4. Shelley

    Naomi Watts is sure busy. Sounds interesting I just hope it is not too political.

    3 years agoby @shelleyFlag

  5. Courtney O.

    his speech lastnight was awesome!

    3 years agoby @chickflickFlag

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