Robin Williams Is 'Man Of The Year' For Levinson


Robin Williams is to star in the comedy Man of the Year for director Barry Levinson, according to the Variety.

Williams will play a Jon Stewart-like host of a latenight political talkshow who runs for president to make noise on the campaign trail. The stunt backfires after a series of unusual circumstances leads him to victory.

Movie will shoot in Toronto, with exteriors in Maryland and D.C. and will begin production late in the fall.

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