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James Schamus To Direct ‘College Republicans:’ Logan Lerman Plays Young Lee Atwater, Asa Butterfield Is Karl Rove
Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: James Schamus has committed to direct College Republicans, a fact-inspired Dirty Rotten Scoundrels-style coming of age story about top Republican operatives. Logan Lerman has been set to star as a young Lee Atwater, Asa Butterfield as Karl Rove and Kristine Froseth to play Kate King — a composite character who threatens their dreams of glory.Wes Jones, a writer/producer in the early seasons of Billions, wrote the script that has first made itself known when it topped the Black List in 2010.
