Casting to date includes (, Breaking Bad) as Trumbo with Dean O'Gorman as , David James Elliot as John Wayne, as , as Trumbo鈥檚 wife and as with , Peter Mackenzie and .
Jay Roach is directing the film that has a screenply by John McNamara, based on Bruce Cook's 1977 book "Trumbo."
The film, which is currently in production in New Orleans, is being produced by Michael London and his Groundswell Productions.
A play, which is unrelated to the film project, also titled Trumbo, played Off-Broadway in 2003-04. Created by the late screenwriter's son, Christopher Trumbo, the play was culled from the letters of the legendary blacklisted screenwriter. Numerous actors starred in the Off-Broadway production, including , , , , , , , , Michael Richards and .
