Halle Berry has signed on to star in a movie adaptation of James Patterson’s novel The President is Lacking. The political thriller was co-written with President Invoice Clinton and printed in 2018. The story facilities round a U.S. president who goes off the grid and makes an attempt to personally forestall a cyberterrorist assault.
In accordance with Deadline, Berry will star in The President is Lacking for Apple Unique Movies, with Nicole Perlman and David Chasteen hooked up as screenwriters. In a significant shakeup, the movie adaptation will change the gender of the president. As an alternative of Jonathan Duncan as Commander-in-Chief, it will likely be Joanna Duncan in cost, with Berry enjoying the president.
The premise will stay the identical, with President Duncan evading the Secret Service to cease a possible assault from inflicting horrific injury. Berry shouldn’t be solely starring in The President is Lacking, however she’s additionally an govt producer alongside Holly Jeter, Joe Roth, Jeff Kirschenbaum, Invoice Robinson, Zack Roth, Clinton, and Patterson.
This might be Patterson’s second try at adapting The President is Lacking. A yr earlier than the novel was even printed, Showtime introduced a TV collection primarily based on the thriller.
Nonetheless, in 2020, the community canceled the challenge largely as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. Manufacturing was already underway, with solid members Ann Dowd (star of the upcoming Handmaid’s Story sequel The Testaments), David Oyelowo, Paul Adelstein, Janet McTeer, and Michael Rooker.
In 2018, The President is Lacking bought over 1 million copies within the first two months and was No. 1 on the New York Instances record of bestselling fiction books for six consecutive weeks. The novel went on to turn out to be one of many biggest-selling fiction books of the yr. Following the success of their first collaboration, Patterson and Clinton co-wrote The President’s Daughter, a standalone novel that additionally revolves round a U.S. president.
Through the years, a number of of Patterson’s novels have been tailored for the massive and small screens, together with Cross, Kiss the Women, Alongside Got here a Spider, Sundays at Tiffany’s, and Zoo.
Clinton already has a connection to Apple through his spouse, Hillary Clinton, who co-produced the collection Gutsy with daughter Chelsea Clinton. After his work with Patterson, the previous Secretary of State adopted swimsuit by teaming up with writer Louise Penny to co-write the novel State of Terror.
Apple Unique Movies remains to be within the early phases of creating The President is Lacking, so a launch date has not been introduced but, however they’ve now reached a significant milestone by casting the lead position.
Berry has starred in such films as X-Males, Monster’s Ball, Die One other Day, Catwoman, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. Now she will add the political thriller The President is Lacking to her lengthy record of credit.
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August 14, 1966
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA