Eddie Redmayne In Talks To Join Aaron Sorkin's 'The Trial Of The Chicago 7'

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By Darian Scalamoni

            Eddie Redmayne has been preoccupied with his commitment to the Fantastic Beasts franchise, so we haven’t seen him in a prestige role since The Danish Girl. That’s about to change as he’s boarding an exciting feature. According to Variety, Eddie Redmayne is in talks to join the recently announced film, The Trial of the Chicago 7.

            The film will follow the infamous trial of 1969 where seven defendants were charged with conspiracy and more arising from protests in Chicago at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. It led to tons of conversation around the country on how there was chaos afoot intended to weaken the U.S. government.

            Sacha Baron Cohen was announced just a couple of days ago for the project and now, Redmayne is set to join as Tom Hayden, the co-founder of the Students for a Democratic Society. Hayden was best known as an anti-war, civil rights, intellectual activist in the 1960s. Hayden stood trial in the Chicago Seven case and authored the Port Huron Statement as well.

            Redmayne is a huge get for Sorkin as he’s now acquired an Oscar-winner to join the picture. Redmayne won an Academy Award in 2015 for The Theory of Everything for playing Stephen Hawking. He was also nominated for his performance in The Danish Girl, the following year. He’ll be seen next reprising his role as Newt Scamander in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald which hits theaters on November 16^th.