Pulitzer winner David Mamet is set to direct Anthony Mackie (Captain America: Brave New World), Ben Mendelsohn (Ready Player One), Emily Alyn Lind (We Were Liars) and Oscar nominee Sharon Stone (Casino) in the feature version of his Tony-winning play Speed the Plow.
Mamet has been trying to make the movie version of his Hollywood satire for nearly a decade and it’s finally moving forward with a production start date of February 18, 2026, in Atlanta.
Mamet’s 1988 play starred Joe Mantegna, Ron Silver in a Tony-winning performance, and Madonna. The film’s cast also includes Rebecca Pidgeon as PR flack Georgia Cornchuk-Stein, and Chris Bauer as a Malibu recluse.
The new film, which will diverge to an extent from the play, will be set at the fictional American Prestige Studios, where junior executive Bob Grant (Mackie) is appointed to a head of production role.
Grant is emotionally and philosophically unsuited to a job overseeing the production of schlock, but is aided, or impeded, by a studio time server, Charlie Fox (Mendelsohn); an office temp, Karen (Lind); and crazed movie star Gemma Speed (Stone).
The Solution will launch international sales at the upcoming EFM in Berlin. Mamet will direct from his own script. Mamet is also well known for hit play Glengarry Glen Ross, which he memorably scripted for the big screen.
Screenplays also include The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Untouchables and Wag The Dog. Movies as director have included The Spanish Prisoner and Heist.
via: Deadline
