Jessica Chastain, Brendan Fraser & More Join Mystery Thriller Movie

Academy Award winners Jessica Chastain and Brendan Fraser have signed on to star in the film Assassination Cast of the upcoming mystery thriller. Additionally, Breaking Bad vet Bryan Cranston has also joined the project, which will also star previously announced Al Pacino. Production is expected to begin in early 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts.

The official synopsis reads: “The film reveals a new look at the JFK conspiracy, centered on Dorothy Kilgallen, one of the most famous voices in the media of the time.” When Dorothy suspects that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone, she uses her fame and influence to find the real killer of JFK. Part murder mystery, part film noir, Dorothy’s journey will pit her against the CIA, Mafia bosses, and the FBI, who would love nothing more than to make her and this story disappear.

Who will lead the assassination team?

The assassination will be led by Chastain, who is set to play crime reporter Dorothy Kilgallen. The film is directed by the director of Rain Man Barry Levinson From a script he co-wrote with David Mamet and Sam Brummel. It was produced by Corey Large, Jason Sosnoff, and Nicholas Celuzzi, and Large also financed the project. Executive producers are John Burnham, Bernie Goesler, Pia Patatian and Jordan Knott.

“Dorothy Kilgallen was America’s first female crime reporter. She was the only woman who ever covered JFK,” Levinson said. “The only reporter who spoke with Jack Ruby. Through her background sources for the Warren Commission, she began to put together the pieces that no one else did. “She died under very suspicious circumstances, but it was never investigated.”