Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: George Clooney’s The Ides of March

#31. The Ides of March

Director: George Clooney
Writer(s): Clooney and Grant Heslov
Producers: Clooney, Heslov and Brian Oliver
Distributor: Warner Bros.

The Gist: Formerly titled “Farragut North”, Gosling plays a press spokesman for a candidate running in the presidential primary for the Democratic Party ticket. Clooney will play the candidate, a state governor with White House aspirations. In the play, the press agent falls prey to backroom politics, the manipulations of veteran political operatives and the seduction of a young intern. Giamatti plays a rival campaign manager, Tomei plays a reporter for the New York Times, and Wood plays an intern for the campaign.….(more)

Cast: Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Paul Giamatti, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Max Minghella and Jeffrey Wright

List Worthy Reasons…: Exactly one vote behind the Number 1 spot on the 2007 BlackList, Clooney who we like best in political satires/dramas/thrillers has assembled an incredible ensemble cast here — top players that will make the behind the scenes banter helluva fun time – think Wag the Dog with more factual bits.

Release Date/Status?: Filming is set to begin next month and because this isn’t going to require CGI, they could be ready well before 2012…it all depends if Clooney takes no acting roles while in post-prod and if Warner Bros are looking to enter this into the Oscar race.