Hugh Jackman has been cast to play Senator Gary Hart in Jason Reitman’s upcoming political drama, The Frontrunner. Senator Hart was the frontrunner during the 1988 race for the Democratic presidential nomination when his extramarital affair with Donna Rice was revealed to the public. He was then forced to drop out of the race.
Reitman, Matt Bai, and Jay Carson wrote the screenplay, based on Bai’s book, All the Truth Is Out. The book also chronicles not just Hart’s rise and fall but the Democratic nomination win by Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis. “The Frontrunner” is being produced by Jason Reitman and Helen Estabrook through their Right of Way Films in partnership with Bron Studios’ Aaron L. Gilbert.
No release date has yet been set.
