Helen Mirren Eyes Biopic ‘Trumbo’ With Bryan Cranston (EXCLUSIVE)

Helen Mirren is in talks to co-star with Bryan Cranston in the biopic “Trumbo,” which is based on the life of blacklisted screenwriter, Dalton Trumbo.

Jay Roach is attached to direct with Michael London producing through his Groundswell Productions banner, along with Janice Williams and John McNamara.

Considered one of the great screenwriters of his time, Trumbo’s career came to an end when he was blacklisted after he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947 during the committee’s investigation of communist influences in the motion picture industry. Mirren would play his wife, Cleo.

No production date has been set and the film is still looking for a distributor.

Mirren is no stranger to portraying real-life figures, appearing in such biopics as Fox Searchlight’s “Hitchcock,” the HBO miniseries “Phil Spector” and “Elizabeth I,” and, of course, her Oscar-winning perf as Queen Elizabeth II in “The Queen.” She is repped by CAA.

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