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Russell Crowe's portrayal of Fox News' controversial head Roger Ailes will be at Showtime on Sunday, June 30, the network said.
Showtime has also launched a boring trailer at first sight for the miniseries, in which Crowe's Ailes takes Fox News and begins to bend it as he pleases.
"Here in America, the news is king," said the character. "We will give them a vision of the world as they hear it … wWe are far from politics, it is war. "
The trailer hints at allegations of badual harbadment that resulted in the fall of Ailes, as the character is seen hitting Fox News presenter Gretchen Carlson, portrayed by Naomi Watts, who appears extremely uncomfortable with comfortable with his actions.
The series is based on Gabriel Sherman's hit book, "The Strongest Voice in the Room" and tells the story of Wings and its rise and fall at Fox News. Sherman co-wrote the first episode with screenwriter and director "Spotlight" Tom McCarthy.
In addition to Crowe and Watts, the cast includes including Sienna Miller, Wings wife, Elizabeth, Seth MacFarlane, former Fox News public relations chief, Brian Lewis, Simon McBurney, the Head of News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, "Peaky Blinders" star Annabelle Wallis, Laurie Luhn, former booker for Fox News, and Aleksa Palladino as long-time Wings badistant Judy Laterza .
Josh Charles will be Casey Close, Gretchen Carlson's husband, and Josh Stamberg will also be former Fox leader Bill Shine.
The project is a co-production of Showtime and Blumhouse Television. The executive producers of the series include Crowe, McCarthy, Alex Metcalf and Jason Blum, as well as Marci Wiseman and Jeremy Gold for Blumhouse TV, Liza Chasin of 3dot Productions and Kari Skogland.
Production of the series is currently underway in New York.
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