A slew of actors have joined Steven Spielberg’s upcoming The Papers. They’ll be joining Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks who are already attached to star in the based on real life events surrounding The Washington Post‘s publishing of The Pentagon Papers in 1971. Streep and Hanks will play publisher Kay Graham and editor Ben Bradlee who challenged the federal government for the right to publish them.
Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Matthew Rhys, Bradley Whitford, Carrie Coon, Jesse Plemons, David Cross, Alison Brie, Bruce Greenwood, Tracy Letts, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Zach Woods have joined the project. Formerly known as The Post, the movie is a co-production between Amblin Entertainment and Fox. The film has been fast-tracked with the hope of making this year’s awards season race, with production already underway.
The movie will see a limited release on Dec. 22 and go wide on Jan. 12, 2018.
