Robin Wright Penn and James McAvoy have joined the cast of Robert Redford’s The Conspirator, a period piece following the events that occurred immediately after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
This will be the first film of Redford’s after Lions for Lambs, and will be scripted by television writer James Solomon.
According to Variety:
Wright Penn will play Mary Surratt, the only woman among a group charged with conspiring to kill the president. McAvoy will play Frederick Aiken, an idealistic young war hero who reluctantly defends Surratt and in the process comes to believe she is innocent.
This film will beat Spielberg’ Lincoln project to the punch by starting production in October.
