Clooney and production partner Grant Heslov have collaborated with 'Farragut' playwright Beau Willimon to adapt the 2008 political drama for the big screen, Contactmusic reported.
The movie version follows a press spokesman, played by 'Notebook' star Gosling, who is manipulated by veteran operatives during a US political campaign and seduced by a young intern, to be played by Evan Rachel Wood.
Clooney, 46, will star in the film as a candidate running in the presidential primary race, while Paul Giamatti will play a rival campaign manager. Meanwhile, Marisa Tomei will enact the role of a reporter for the New York Times. The shooting is scheduled to begin next year in February.
Published 31 October 2010, 02:22 IST