Five-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams is in talks to join Kumail Nanjiani and Mark Ruffalo in the post-9/11 drama The True American. Pablo Larrain (Jackie) will direct the film, based on the non-fiction book by Anand Giridharadas. Tom Hardy was originally tapped to star, but instead he will next play Al Capone in Josh Trank’s Fonzo.
The True American tells the true story of Rais Bhuiyan, a Bangladeshi immigrant working in a Texas convenience store, who narrowly escaped death in a killing spree perpetrated by white supremacist Mark Stroman as revenge for the 9/11 attacks. Despite losing sight in one eye as a result of the attack, ...
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