Saturday, April 26, 2014

Law Steps Into Fassy's "Genius" Role

Jude Law is tipped to join the Michael Grandage-directed true story drama "Genius" says Deadline.


Based on the A. Scott Berg award winning biography "Max Perkins: Editor of Genius", the story deals with the real-life tender and complex friendship between literary giant Thomas Wolfe
(Law taking over for Michael Fassbender) and renowned editor Maxwell Perkins (Colin Firth). Wolfe became famous from a young age for both his talent and larger-than-life personality. Perkins is one of the most respected literary editors of all time who discovered talent such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway. While most writers struggle with their words, Wolfe had the opposite problem and butted heads with Perkins who demanded he keep to a tight word limit. It was a volatile relationship, but one that changed both their lives.

Nicole Kidman co-stars in the drama.

John Logan ("Skyfall," "Gladiator") penned the adapted  script.

James Bierman is producing the film.  

This marks Kidman and Firth's third film together, the biopic The Railway Man and the upcoming  thriller "Before I Go To Sleep".

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