Tag: Valerie Plame
International Fair Game Poster
Today we have a new international poster for Fair Game directed by Doug Liman and starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn.
Synopsis: A suspense-filled glimpse into the dark corridors of political power, Fair Game is a riveting action-thriller based on the autobiography of real-life undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts), whose career was destroyed and marriage strained to its limits when her covert identity was exposed by a politically motivated press leak. As a covert officer in the CIA’s Counter-Proliferation Division, Valerie leads an investigation into the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Valerie’s husband, diplomat Joe Wilson (Sean Penn), is drawn into the investigation to substantiate an alleged sale of enriched uranium from Niger. But when the administration ignores his findings and uses the issue to support the call to war, Joe writes a New York Times editorial outlining his conclusions and ignites a firestorm of controversy.
Fair Game Trailer, Starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn
Summit Entertainment have debuted first full trailer of the Doug Liman Fair Game via Yahoo Movies.
Based on Valerie Plame’s memoir “Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House,” the thriller debuted at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival earlier this year.
The movie stars Naomi Watts as ousted CIA agent Valerie Palme with Sean Penn playing Senator Joesph Wilson and the story is based around White Offical who reveal Palme’s status as an CIA agent in order to discredited her husband who wrote a piece against then George Bush administration in New York Times that Bush manipulated facts in order to enter Iraq.
Doug Liman wants Russell Crowe in Valerie Plame film
Doug Liman, who has already cast Nicole Kidman as the film’s lead, wants Russell Crowe to play Plame’s husband Joseph Wilson.
Liman has revealed that he is lining up Russell Crowe to star in a film about outed CIA spy Valerie Plame. Plame was outed as a spy by The Washington Post in 2003 and forced to quit the CIA. Liman described the incident as “the lowpoint in American history”.
“I’d love Russell Crowe. If you’ve met Joe, he’s a really strong guy. I’ve never met an actor stronger than Russell Crowe” Liman says.
Nicole Kidman To Play In New Liman’s Movie
Nicole Kidman has been said to be chosen to play in a biopic about the betrayed CIA agent “Untitled Valerie Plame, Ambassador Joseph Wilson Biopic”. According to MTV News, the 40-year-old Academy Award-winning actress will be playing Valerie Plame, the wife of Ambassador Joseph Wilson who used to serve as a federal agent.
The casting news has been leaked by director Doug Liman. He revealed the fact saying, “Nicole Kidman. She’s perfect if you’ve ever met Valerie.”
