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Hollywood actor George Clooney is all set to start a new chapter in his career. The actor is set to make his Broadway debut in a stage adaptation of his 2005 film Good Night and Good Luck, which revolves around a journalist. According for diversityThe play is scheduled to premiere on Broadway in New York in spring 2025. (Also Read: At HTLS 2022, George Clooney reveals why he turned down $35 million for a day’s work: ‘My reputation is not for sale’)
George wrote the Broadway play with Grant Heslov, who wrote the film script with him. The play will be directed by Tony winner David Cromer.
George is excited to be on stage
The actor, who played Fred W. Friendly in the original film he directed, will now play journalist Edward R. Murrow. Actor David Strathairn originally played the role in the film.
“After so many years, I am honored to be back on the stage, and especially on Broadway, the art form and venue to which every actor aspires,” George said in a statement.
David, who won a Tony Award for directing The Band’s Visit, is delighted to collaborate with George on this project.
“Edward R. Murrow operated with a kind of moral clarity that seems vanishingly rare in today’s media landscape. There was an immediacy to those early live television broadcasts that can only be captured effectively today on stage, in front of a live audience,” said David.
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The 2005 film was nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture, Director and Actor for David Strathairn for his portrayal of Edward Murrow. It explored Edwards’s struggle to get executives at CBS to allow him to continue critical reporting on the anti-communist efforts of U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy. Edwards, who died in 1965, is considered one of the architects of American broadcast news.
The film’s logline reads, “When Senator Joseph McCarthy begins his foolhardy campaign to root out Communists in America, CBS News impresario Edward R. Murrow reveals the atrocities being committed by McCarthy’s Senate ‘investigation’ “Devoted myself to uncovering.” Edward is supported by a news team that includes longtime friend and producer Fred Friendly (George). The CBS team does its best to expose the senator’s lies and excesses, despite pressure from CBS’s corporate sponsors. (Read: Joe Biden set to host star-studded fundraiser in June, guests include George Clooney, Julia Roberts and…)
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It’s interesting to note that George will appear in the 2024-2025 season, which will also mark the Broadway debut of Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr. He is leading Ayad Akhtar’s McNeil, in which he will be seen as a writer. ‘An unhealthy fascination with artificial intelligence’.
