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These are The Men Who Stare at Goats

September 12, 2008

George Clooney and Grant Heslov are assembling an all-star cast for their Mandate Pictures-produced The Men Who Stare at Goats, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges are in negotiations to star opposite Clooney in the feature, which Heslov is directing from a script by Peter Straughan.

Based on the book by the Guardian columnist Jon Ronson, "Goats" is set in Iraq and centers on Bob Wilton (McGregor), a desperate reporter who stumbles upon the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady (Clooney), who claims to be a former secret U.S. military psychic soldier who was re¬activated post-9/11.

"Goats" chronicles the two men's travels through Iraq and offers glimpses into the supposedly real secret Army unit tasked with creating soldiers with paranormal powers.

Bridges will play Bill Django, the founder of the psychic soldier program and Lyn's mentor. Spacey will play Larry Hooper, a former psychic soldier who is running a prison camp in Iraq.

Clooney and Heslov's Smoke House and BBC Films are co-producing the feature, which is eyeing an early October production start date.

COMMENTS (13)

Posted by:

Benjamin Bayer

September 12, 2008

Sounds pretty interesting. Count me in.

Posted by:

xantheus

September 12, 2008

umm trying to be funny there billgotpwned?? cos you aint. but this does sound interesting for sur. especially given the cast they seem to be assembling.

Posted by:

Seung

September 12, 2008

The book was great! very strange but great! I can't wait to see the movie.

Posted by:

Uncle Wok

September 12, 2008

Yep - I'm there. This sounds good.

Posted by:

Are You Serious?!?

September 12, 2008

This sounds like a Metal Gear Solid type storyline. It should be interesting none the less.

Posted by:

PublicEnemies1

September 12, 2008

@ Are You Serious?!:

The Men Who Stare at Goats will be a mix of a Drama and a Thriller with some little Science-Fiction elements in it, so you cannot say "it sounds like Metal Gear Solid".

Posted by:

the dude abides

September 12, 2008

i agree with bayer. i'm there.

Posted by:

joe asylo

September 12, 2008

o man this sound very similar to the psi-ops game that i play this year.

Posted by:

terry78

September 12, 2008

Man, kids these days...they think everything looks or is ripped off of some video game, which basically ripped off everything else beforehand.

Posted by:

David

September 13, 2008

Have either of you trash talkers even played Metal Gear Solid? It's some of the best fiction out there, be it video game, literature or film. It's definitely a "mix of Drama, Thriller and Sci-fi", and psychic soldiers play into the first game heavily, which was made before 9/11; before this book. Granted, not before the Cold War, which was when the secret psychic soldier program was supposedly at its height.

Everything copied something else, but don't hate on a game you've never played just because you've got a burr in your craw. You must be over 40 (or just way out-of-touch) if you have such a tiny-minded view of video games.