Argo Lifts Off For Affleck

Richard Kind Clea DuVall Chris Messina Kerry Bishé and Michael Park round out the cast of of the Ben Affleck-directed Iran hostage crisis thriller "Argo" says 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.

Kind Messina And Park

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.

Bishé is playing Kathy Stafford, an operative who poses as the set designer of the Argo film. The other roles were not discloseed

Affleck Alan Arkin Bryan Cranston John Goodman Kyle Chandler also star

Chris Terrio wrote the screenplay

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

The movie is currently shooting in Los Angeles.