George Clooney Is Switching Roles

In 2005, George Clooney directed, co-wrote, and starred in Fantastic Night, and Good Luck. Now, he’s rebooting himself. Clooney will make his Broadway debut in a new adaptation of GNGL, playing Edward R. Murrow, it was discovered on May well 13. David Strathairn played Murrow in the initial film, while Clooney played Fred W. Welcoming, the co-producer of Murrow’s show See It Now. Additionally, Clooney is leaving directing the participate in to the phase gurus — David Cromer, a Broadway vet who gained a Tony for The Band’s Take a look at, will just take the guide. GNGL follows Murrow, a Tv set journalist, as he opposes Senator Joseph McCarthy’s Communist Social gathering hearings. Clooney will again co-pen the script alongside Grant Heslov.

“I am honored, immediately after all these many years, to be coming back to the stage and particularly, to Broadway, the art form and the location that each and every actor aspires to,” Clooney stated in a assertion. The production will premiere in spring 2025 in a to-be-introduced Shubert theater. We hope Clooney doesn’t locate the Broadway timetable as well tiring, but if he does, he can always decide up some me-Nespresso.