After his space thriller "Ad Astra" with Brad Pitt (56), James Gray (51) has now taken on a new project: In "Armageddon Time" the director gathers several large calibers from the industry. After Cate Blanchett (51) had already been chosen as the actress for the film, Hollywood stars Robert De Niro (76), Anne Hathaway (37), Donald Sutherland (84) and Oscar Isaac (41) also belong to the well-known cast . This was reported, among other things, by the US industry portal "Variety".
Film takes place in New York
The film, which is to be presented at this year's virtual market in Cannes, was set in the New York borough of Queens in the 1980s. It is about the traditional Kew Forest private school, where US President Donald Trump (74) was in the fifties and whose father was on the board at the time. According to the "Deadline", "Armageddon Time" is an autobiographical story about friendship and loyalty against the political background of Ronald Reagan's presidential election. Gray also wrote the screenplay.