James McAvoy and Robin Wright Penn In “The Conspirator”

James McAvoy and Robin Wright Penn will pair up for Oscar Award winner Robert Redford-directed historical drama “The Conspirator“.

The period drama is based on true events following the assassination of US President Abraham Lincoln. The script for the movie is written by James Solomon.

Wright Penn is due to play Mary Surratt, the only woman who was charged with conspiring to kill the president in April 1865 and McAvoy will take on the role of young way hero Frederick Aiken, an idealistic young war hero who reluctantly defends the woman.

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