He's in talks to join Tina Fey's new film
Martin Freeman is having, it must be said, a very good year. He won acclaim (and an Emmy nomination) for TV’s Fargo and more praise (plus an actual Emmy) for Sherlock and recently worked on the Beeb’s drama The Eichmann Show. He’s looking to the big screen once again, entering talks to join Tina Fey in Taliban Shuffle .
The story has been adapted from Kim Barker’s wartime memoir, subtitled 'Strange Days In Afghanistan And Pakistan'. It charts her time as a journalist in Kabul in 2002, where with no foreign languages among her skillset and precious little idea how to get between Pakistan and Afghanistan, she was thrown in at the deep end. Slowly but surely, she grew to love the region, even as she became increasingly worried about its future.
Fey is playing Barker, and Margot Robbie is also aboard as a hard-charging, ambitious on-air news anchor. Freeman is set to fill the role of Barker’s love interest, a dedicated Scottish photojournalist. Glenn Ficarra and John Requa are gearing up to the shoot the black comedy, which should hit cinemas next year.
Freeman will next be seen in The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies, rounding out his time playing Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson’s second Tolkien trilogy.
from Empire News
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