Ben Stiller has come aboard to direct Bag Man, a true-life drama based on a Rachel Maddow podcast that is being developed by Focus Features.
Adam Perlman wrote the script along with Stiller and Mike Yarvitz. The latter executive produced the podcast that examined the hidden story of a corruption scandal that hit the Richard Nixon White House and co-wrote the subsequent book with Maddow.
Stiller and Yarvitz are acting as producers along with Lorne Michaels and Josh McLaughlin. The story focuses on Spiro T. Agnew, Nixon’s vice president, and his running a bribery and extortion ring in office for years.
At the height of Watergate, three young federal prosecutors discovered his crimes and launched a mission to take him down. With parallels.
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