John Cusack replaces Tobey Maguire in 'Paperboy'
Wednesday, 13 July 2011, 18:19 IST
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Los Angeles: Hollywood actor John Cusack is set to star in ''Precious'' director Lee Daniels'' follow-up drama ''The Paperboy''. The ''2012'' star joins the ensemble cast which includes Zac Efron, while Nicole Kidman and Matthew McConaughey are also in talks for key roles, reported Variety online. Cusack replaces ''Spider Man'' star Tobey Maguire, who had to drop out of the project when its shooting schedule conflicted with his dates on ''The Great Gatsby''. Based on the 1995 novel by Pete Dexter, the Florida-set period film revolves around two brothers, a reporter and a college dropout, teaming up to investigate a possible miscarriage of justice surrounding a death row inmate convicted of killing the local sheriff. Cusack will play the condemned prisoner, while Kidman will play a woman with a dark side who writes letters to men on death row. The actor recently wrapped ''Dictablanda''. He will next be seen playing Edgar Allan Po
Source: IANS
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