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Michael Shannon to Star as Senator Joseph McCarthy in Political Drama

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Michael Shannon will play the fiery and controversial Republican U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy in a feature film about his life called “McCarthy” that will be presented to buyers at the upcoming American Film Market.

Václav Marhoul, the director of “The Painted Bird,” will direct Shannon in “McCarthy,” and the film will also star Emilia Clarke, Dane DeHaan and Scoot McNairy.

The film will show the rise and fall of Joseph McCarthy and how he went from a lawyer and decorated former U.S. Marine to follow a path of demagoguery, showy trials and exploiting anti-Communist populism in what would come to be known as McCarthyism.

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