Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Argo Cast Fills Out

Tate Donovan, Nelson Franklin and Taylor Schilling have joined the castthe Ben Affleck-directed Iran hostage crisis thriller "Argo" according to Variety,


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.

Affleck Alan Arkin Bryan Cranston and John Goodman also star.The great Kyle Chandler has landed a role as well says USA Today

Schilling will play wife to Affleck's CIA Agent, Donovan is an embassy consulate and Franklin is a journalist.

Chris Terrio wrote the screenplay

David Klawans, George Clooney and Grant Heslov will produce the 2013 pic

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