Brendan Gleeson has been set to play President Donald Trump opposite Jeff Daniels’ James Comey in the four-hour CBS Studios event miniseries based on the former FBI director’s bestselling book A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership. Deadline reported earlier this morning that Daniels will play Comey.
Billy Ray, the Oscar-nominated scribe of Captain Phillips, Shattered Glass and the upcoming Clint Eastwood-directed Richard Jewell, adapted the book and directs the miniseries with shooting to begin next month. Alex Kurtzman, Shane Salerno and Heather Kadin, and the mini is produced by Secret Hideout, The Story Factory and Home Run Productions in association with CBS Television Studios. CBS execs will decide later on the airdate and whether the mini is broadcast on Showtime, CBS All Access, or both.
Trump is a major figure in the mini, and the Dublin-born Gleeson bears a strong physical resemblance. Comey was the first high-ranking...
Billy Ray, the Oscar-nominated scribe of Captain Phillips, Shattered Glass and the upcoming Clint Eastwood-directed Richard Jewell, adapted the book and directs the miniseries with shooting to begin next month. Alex Kurtzman, Shane Salerno and Heather Kadin, and the mini is produced by Secret Hideout, The Story Factory and Home Run Productions in association with CBS Television Studios. CBS execs will decide later on the airdate and whether the mini is broadcast on Showtime, CBS All Access, or both.
Trump is a major figure in the mini, and the Dublin-born Gleeson bears a strong physical resemblance. Comey was the first high-ranking...
- 10/7/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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