Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Breaking Argo

Bryan Cranston is in talks to join the Ben Affleck-directed  Iran hostage crisis thriller "Argo" according to THR


Based on Joshuah Bearman's 2007 Wired magazine article, the wry political thriller would be centered on what happened during the occupation of the American embassy by Iranians in 1979, when a rescue effort was mounted by the CIA and the Canadian government to extract six U.S. diplomats.

The CIA used a disguise expert and concocted a scenario that involved the six being a Hollywood crew scouting a sci-fi movie titled "Argo:. Using those disguises, and with the help of artwork by legendary comics creator Jack Kirby, they were able to flee the country.

Cranston will portray Jack O'Connell, a Boston-bred CIA agent who used to be President Dwight D. Eisenhower's personal bodyguard.

Affleck Alan Arkin and John Goodman also star.

Chris Terrio wrote the screenplay

David Klawans, George Clooney and Grant Heslov will produce the pic

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