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Meryl Streep and Sigourney Weaver to Star in New York Thriller Useful Idiots

Black Bear is shopping the Cedar-Bar-On thriller to international buyers at AFM.

Overview

  • Streep will play Diane Castle, a veteran reporter who probes a record penthouse sale that exposes an oligarch-linked web of corruption.
  • Joseph Cedar directs from a script he co-wrote with 60 Minutes producer Shachar Bar-On.
  • Fifth Season and Closer Media are financing and producing, with Bruce Cohen and William Horberg among the producers.
  • CAA Media Finance is handling U.S. rights as Black Bear introduces the project to buyers.
  • This marks the first on-screen pairing of Streep and Weaver, with Weaver’s role, additional casting, schedule, and release plans not yet announced.