James Spader Joins Cast of BY VIRTUE FALL Film

By: Mar. 29, 2011
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According to the Hollywood Reporter, Broadway veteran James Spader is set to star in 'By Virtue Fall.' Also set to star in the film are: Eric Bana, Carla Gugino, Ryan Phillippe, Treat Williams and Kim Coates

The movie will be written and directed by ShEldon Turner. As described by THR, the plot will focus on 'a pair of ATF agents who end up enemies after one frames the other for a crime.'

Spader's latest stage role is in Race, a play written and directed by David Mamet, in which he starred alongside Richard Thomas, David Alan Grier and Kerry Washington. It opened on December 6, 2009 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway. He has starred in movies such as Pretty in Pink; sex, lies, and videotape; Crash; Stargate; and Secretary. His most famous television role is that of the colorful attorney Alan Shore from The Practice and its spin-off Boston Legal, for which he won three Emmy Awards.

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