Paul Rudd's New Movie Is Stacked With A-Listers, Filming Window Locked In

Paul Rudd is headlining a new Tom McCarthy movie, and the cast list is stacked. It shoots next month, it is set in 1980, and the premise feels uncomfortably current. Yes, that combo is deliberate.

What this thing is

The film is currently untitled (the working title making the rounds is 'The Statement') and it is a darkly funny drama based on Nathaniel Rich's book 'Losing Earth'. The story drops us at a beachside resort in Florida in 1980, where twenty experts are summoned for a weekend conference about something Washington is just starting to acknowledge: the climate impact of CO2 emissions. Their marching orders from Congress are deceptively simple — draft a statement with actual solutions. Naturally, getting scientists, activists, and policymakers to agree on one page proves... not simple.

"Production starting in MARCH! Coming Soon"

That tease came straight from the distributor, which is also handling the film's U.S. release.

The cast (it is loaded)

• Paul Rudd
• Evan Peters
• Amy Ryan
• Paul Giamatti
• John Turturro
• Tatiana Maslany
• Jason Clarke
• Peter Sarsgaard

Rudd and Giamatti last shared a credit on 'The Mitchells vs. The Machines', so consider this a reunion with a very different vibe. Most of this casting started surfacing in January, and it has only gotten better since.

Behind the scenes

Tom McCarthy, who won an Oscar for 'Spotlight', is directing and co-wrote the script with Thomas Bidegan and Noé Debré. The film carries a dedication to the late Steve Golin, the powerhouse producer behind 'Spotlight', 'The Revenant', and 'Beasts of No Nation'. Sony Pictures Classics is releasing the movie domestically, with cameras set to roll in March.

A period piece about a room full of smart people trying to fix a global problem before it spirals, led by this cast and McCarthy? Expect this one to be in the conversation from the jump.