Laura Linney has landed lead parts in two films, signing on to star in Barry Levinson's "Man of the Year" and Billy Ray's " Breach" and will film both projects simultaneously reports Variety.
In Levinson's "Man," which starts lensing November 28 in Toronto, Robin Williams plays a Jon Stewart-like host of a latenight talkshow who runs for president only to see the stunt backfire when he actually wins due to a set of unusual circumstances. Linney plays the head of a computer company that investigates those circumstances.
Linney will also star alongside Chris Cooper and Ryan Phillippe in Ray's "Breach" for Universal. Spy thriller tells the story of FBI traitor Robert Hanssen, who sold secrets to the Soviet Union during the Cold War and later to Russia. Linney is set to play an FBI agent who is in charge of Phillippe's character. Shooting begins next week in Toronto followed by scenes in Washington, DC.
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