By Ben Pearson/Aug. 1, 2018 12:30 pm EST
Jay Roach, who has plenty of experience directing real-life political stories with movies like Game Change and Recount under his belt, is behind the camera on this one. The script for the still-untitled feature is written by Charles Randolph, the Oscar-winning co-writer of Adam McKay’s The Big Short.
THR says that other characters expected to appear in this film are former host Greta Van Susteren, media mogul Rupert Murdoch, and fired host Bill O’Reilly. None of the men have been cast yet, including Ailes, so it’ll be interesting to see which actors are willing to sign up and make themselves look like monsters in this project.
I’m conflicted about the very existence of this movie. On one hand, it’s important for stories like this to be seen by large audiences to enforce the fact that treating women – especially subordinates in a work environment – like sexual objects is not acceptable. But at the same time, I don’t think that these women necessarily deserve to be lionized because they helped light the match for the garbage fire we’re currently living in, serving as mouthpieces for an organization that has eroded the national discourse to a place where people can no longer agree on basic facts. I’m not quite sure what to think about the movie, but at least this cast should turn in some dynamite performances along the way.
