Josh Gad, Chloe Grace Moretz and Jack O'Connell to star in romantic drama, 'Party of the Century'

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By Darian Scalamoni

            With film festivals comes discussion between agents and producers to sign on actors for upcoming projects. Some more intriguing than others but the latest coming out of Cannes is a terrific romance film titled Party of the Century. Not only that but according to Deadline, Josh Gad, Chloe Grace Moretz and Jack O’Connell will star in the film based around Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball.

            Gad will portray Capote in the film and is definitely not the first to play the famed author as both Toby Jones and the late, great Philip Seymour Hoffman played Capote on screen in separate films in 2006. Hoffman won an Oscar for his portrayal so the pressure is on Gad to bring something different for his take. Not much else is known about the movie in terms of plot but the three young actors who have been cast all have pretty great track records thus far so I’m interested in this project.

            Gad was seen recently as LeFou in Disney’s live-action, Beauty and the Beast and will be seen next in Murder on the Orient Express and Marshall, a biopic about Thurgood Marshall. Moretz, whose best known for her role as Hit-Girl in the Kick-Ass franchise will be seen in The Miseducation of Cameron Post, November Criminals and Suspiria in 2017. O’Connell will star in the Netflix series Godless as well as portray fashion designer, Alexander McQueen in a biopic next year.