Tobey Maguire has signed to star with George Clooney and Cate Blanchett in "The Good German," the Steven Soderbergh-directed adaptation of the Joseph Kanon novel for Warner Bros. Pictures reports Variety.
The drama follows an American journalist (to be played by Clooney) drawn into a murder mystery in post-war Berlin, where he's searching for his wartime mistress (Blanchett). Paul Attanasio wrote the script. Maguire will play a seemingly innocent soldier who drives the journo around town and has motives of his own.
This will be Maguire's first post "Spider-Man 2" role and he will follow it up with the third installment of "Spider-Man," slated for summer 2007. Production begins in the Fall and the film will be shot in black-and-white on WB's soundstages.
Thanks to 'Gaius'.
