George Clooney lands a role in 'heartbreaking' Netflix film with all-star cast
George Clooney, who has received a Tony nomination for his role in the play Good Night and Good Luck, will be part of an all-star cast including Adam Sandler and Laura Dern
George Clooney is set to star in the upcoming Netflix movie Jay Kelly, which hits theaters in November
Clooney, who has received a Tony nomination for his role in the play Good Night and Good Luck, will be part of an all-star cast in the film including Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup, Riley Keough, Eve Hewson and Jim Broadbent. The movie, which is directed by Noah Baumbach, hits theaters on November 14, before it starts streaming on Netflix three weeks later on December 5.
Netflix this week announced the actor would have a role in the movie which it describes as a "heartbreaking comedy" and its tagline is, "Everybody knows Jay Kelly, but Jay Kelly doesn’t know himself." Not much information has been revealed about the movie, which is produced by David Heyman and Amy Pascal who will also produce the new James Bond film.
Baumbach directed Oscar-winning flick Marriage Story as well as being one of the writers of the Barbie movie, which was a huge hit at the Box Office with his wife, Greta Gerwig. The movie will be Noah's fourth Netflix project after he took the helm on Marriage Story, White Noise and The Meyerowitz Stories.
George was recently given his Tony nomination for Best Lead Actor in Good Night and Good Luck, which is in being shown at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York. The play has racked up a total of five Tony nominations and has been given rave reviews by viewers and critics.
The actor moved to New York amid the play's Broadway run, after previously living in a country house in France, with his wife Amal and their seven-year-old twins Alexander and Ella. Amal, a humanitarian lawyer, enrolled their kids Alexander and Ella in school in New York when they moved to The Big Apple.
He previously told CBS Mornings that the couple's twins are settling in nicely in NYC. He said, "They have a school that they like, and are having fun at," adding that he and Amal "are having a really great time in life". He added, "They are really curious and funny. Every parent thinks their kids are great - our kids are funny and make us laugh.''
Before their move, George told GQ he thought the change would be exiting for his family and would allow him to spend more time with Alexander and Ella. He said, "That's going to be six months of my life in New York. But again, it's like we're talking about time allotment. I won't do another thing."
He continued, ''I'm going to give myself time with my kids. I really enjoy driving them to school, and my wife and I are having a really wonderful time. So I don't want to lose all of that. But this is an opportunity to do something that I have never done before."
George added, "I've never been on Broadway. So we're still trying to do things and new things and try things, but we're also saying, 'Well, let's also remember that we want to see our life in a kind of nice way too.' A little of both. Everything in moderation, including moderation."
The actor, who recently dyed his signature gray locks brown, also spoke out about the transition in an interview with The New York Times, admitting, “My wife is going to hate it,” adding, “Nothing makes you look older than when a man his age dyes his hair. And my kids? They’re going to laugh at me without mercy.”
The play is a take on the 2005 film Good Night, And Good Luck, which George both directed and acted in. It sees 76-year-old David Strathairn stepping into the role of Edward R. Murrow, a part he originally played in the movie.
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