Patrick Fischler, David Krumholtz, Fisher Stevens and Clancy Brown have joined the all-star cast of Hail, Caesar!, the Hollywood-set period comedy helmed by Joel and Ethan Coen.
The movie is heading into a Nov. 10 start for a shoot in Los Angeles with a lineup that includes George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Channing Tatum, Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill and Tilda Swinton.
Caesar tells the comedic tale of Eddie Mannix, a fixer who worked for the Hollywood studios in the 1950s. The story finds him at work when a star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming.
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Krumholtz, Fischler and Stevens will play screenwriters who are also Communists.
Brown is an actor in the movie-within-a-movie, Hail, Caesar!
Working Title is behind the feature project, which will be distributed by Universal.
Krumholtz (repped by Gersh and Principato Young) is currently onscreen opposite Robert Downey Jr. in The Judge, while Fischler (repped by Abrams Artists Agency and Main Title Entertainment) recently wrapped work on Warren Beatty‘s new untitled movie.
Stevens (repped by Paradigm and Untitled Entertainment) appeared in The Grand Budapest Hotel, while Brown (repped by ICM Partners and Pop Art Management) will be seen in an upcoming episode of The Flash as well as Legendary’s Warcraft movie. He is also voicing a lead in the upcoming Spongebob Squarepants movie.
