Two of Hollywood’s most celebrated skills are teaming up for a gripping new thriller set in opposition to the backdrop of New York Metropolis. After many years of main acclaimed movie franchises, Meryl Streep and Sigourney Weaver will share the display for the primary time in Helpful Idiots, a tense and trendy story of energy, privilege, and peril.
Directed by Joseph Cedar and produced by Fifth Season and Black Bear, Helpful Idiots follows Diane Citadel (Streep), a veteran journalist who has spent years masking New York’s luxurious actual property market. Uninterested in profiling town’s ultra-wealthy elite, Citadel begins digging into the sale of a record-breaking penthouse—and shortly finds herself entangled in an internet of corruption, deception, and hazard that threatens not solely her profession however her life.
The screenplay, written by Cedar and Shachar Bar-On, introduces a shadowy oligarch whose far-reaching affect spans Manhattan and past, supported by an intricate community of enablers, fixers, and one bold younger strategist.
Behind the scenes, the movie boasts a powerhouse manufacturing workforce. Fifth Season is financing and producing alongside Nearer Media’s Zhang Xin, Jonathan King, Bruce Cohen, and William Horberg. Graham Taylor, Christopher Slager, and Dan Guando function government producers. Black Bear will deal with worldwide gross sales on the American Movie Market, whereas CAA Media Finance manages U.S. distribution rights.
Helpful Idiots guarantees to ship a complicated, character-driven thriller anchored by two of cinema’s best performers—marking a historic first collaboration between Streep and Weaver.
