George Clooney & Ryan Gosling are set for "The Ides of March"

Actor George Clooney will helm and star in the big screen adaption "The Ides of March" opposite Ryan Gosling!

Based on Broadway play "Farragut North", it follows a young press spokesman who falls prey to backroom politics, the treacherous manipulations of veteran operatives and the seduction of a young intern.

Clooney plays a candidate running in the presidential primary race while Gosling playing the role of press spokesman.

Also joining the cast are Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei and Evan Rachel Wood.

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