Meryl Streep Involved With 'All The King's Men'

[Wednesday, September 29th, 2004]
Meryl Streep is in negotiations to join the cast in the remake of the gritty social drama All the King's Men, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Headed by Sean Penn and Jude Law, while Kate Winslet and Mark Ruffalo are in talks about the project.

An offer has already gone out to Winslet, while one is pending in Ruffalo's case. Streep would play Sadie, an aide to Southern politician Willie Stark (Penn). Law is set to appear as protagonist Jack Burden, a journalist who falls under Stark's spell.

Steven Zaillian is set to direct from his own adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's novel, which is based on the life of late Louisiana Gov. Huey Long.

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