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McAvoy, Penn ready to be a 'Conspirator'

By Adnan Tezer Sep 14, 2009, 19:31 GMT

James McAvoy and Robin Wright Penn will star in the Robert Redford-directed "The Conspirator," the period drama based on true events following the assassination of President Lincoln.

According to Variety, Redford will produce with Wildwood Enterprises' Greg Shapiro and Bill Holderman and American Film Company executives Robert Stone, Webster Stone and Brian Falk.

James Solomon wrote the script. Redford last directed "Lions for Lambs."

Wright Penn will play Mary Surratt, the only woman among a group charged with conspiring to kill the president. McAvoy will play Frederick Aiken, a Civil War hero who reluctantly defends Surratt and in the process comes to believe she is innocent.

The American Film Company has hired Pulitzer Prize winner James McPherson, Lincoln assassination expert Thomas Turner and U.S. Army regimental historian Col. Fred Borch to be advisors on the film.

Shooting is set to begin in October.

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The Conspirator

The film tells the story of Mary Surratt, a boardinghouse owner hanged after she was convicted of aiding Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. ...more

US Release: 2011-04-15
UK Release: 2011-07-01

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