Pullman, Modine to Join HBO's 'Too Big to Fail' Cast

By: Oct. 22, 2010
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The star-studded cast of HBO's new film, "Too Big To Fail," welcomes two new additions, Bill Pullman (Oleanna, "Independence Day," "Sleepless in Seattle") and Matthew Modine (The Miracle Worker, "Married to the Mob," "And the Band Played On"), according to deadline.com.

"Too Big To Fail," set to begin production in October, will date back two years, highlighting the 2008 financial crisis and the various power brokers -- Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan Chase, Lehman Bros., among others -- who drove the United States near financial destruction. Based on Andrew Ross Sorkin's book, also of the same name, the film will be directed by Curtis Hanson and will be led by Academy Award winner William Hurt as Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.

Pullman has been cast as Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Chase, with Modine as John Thain, the former chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch. Hurt, Pullman and Modine are joined by castmembers Cynthia Nixon as Michele Davis, Ed Asner as Warren Buffett, Billy Crudup as Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, James Woods as Dick Fuld, the final chairman and CEO of Lehman Bros., Paul Giamatti as Ben Bernake, Federal Reserve Chairman, Kathy Baker as Wendy Paulson and Tony Shalhoub as John Mack.


 


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