‘Stan & Ollie’ Duo Steve Coogan & John C. Reilly Reunite For Comedy ‘The Players’; Peter Cattaneo Set To Direct From A Script By Jeff Pope — AFM
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Following their 2018 critically acclaimed hit Stan & Ollie,Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly are reuniting for The Players, a comedy based on the rivalry between 1800s thespians Edwin Forrest and William MacCready.
Two-time Academy Award nominee Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty) is directing the project from a script penned by Stan & Ollie and Philomena writer Jeff Pope.
The Players, which is set to begin production later this year/early next year in Europe, is set in 1847 New York, where Edwin Forrest (Reilly) holds the undisputed title as the country’s top Shakespearian actor.
Playing magnificently to a sold out, raucous crowd every night, Edwin is “The Star”. But when critically celebrated English thespian William MacCready (Coogan) arrives from London to perform his sophisticated Hamlet, Edwin’s title is thrown into jeopardy.
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