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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Make The Call

Simon Baker (TV's The Mentalist) and Paul Bettany (Legion) are both in negotiations to join the indie drama Margin Call says The Hollywood Reporter.

The story follows eight people working at a large investment bank when the financial crisis hit the US. Over the course of a day they try to hang onto their careers as fortunes are lost all around them.

Bettany will play a top-tier trader unabashedly unafraid of who he is despite the deepening crisis. Baker will portray a ruthless, high-powered securities broker who oversees several characters.

Kevin Spacey, Stanley Tucci, Carla Gugino and Zachary Quinto co-star.

J.C. Chandor makes his directing debut with the script he wrote.

Quinto Neal Dodson, Joe Jenckes, Corey Moosa, Michael Benaroya and Robert Ogden Barnum will produce

Filming kicks off next week in New York.

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