By Glen Powell, Anthony Mackie and Laura Dern are set to headline the legal drama “Monsanto” at Rocket Science. The project hails from writer-director John Lee Hancock.
The true story tale follows young, untried attorney Brent Wisner (Powell), who takes on a seemingly insurmountable case against the giant U.S. chemical company Monsanto on behalf of Dewayne “Lee” Johnson (Mackie).
Johnson used the company’s best-known product, Roundup, a wildly financially successful weed and grass pesticide killer, as part of his job as a high school groundskeeper and is now suffering illnesses.
Dern will play a Monsanto’s chief toxicologist who testifies that the product is safe. Adam McKay, Kevin Messick, Moritz Borman, Eric Kopeloff, Philip Schulz-Deyle and Jon Levin are producing.
Powell is on a hot streak following the success of “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Anyone But You”. He’ll have both “Hit Man” and “Twisters” hitting this Summer and is currently shooting revenge drama “Huntington”.
Mackie will be doing more “Captain America: Brave New World” this year and is expected to lead a second season of “Twisted Metal”. Dern recently executive produced and starred in “Palm Royale” for Apple TV+.
Source: THR
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