Laura Linney is signing on to star in Barry Levinson´s Man of the Year.

In the project, which starts filming November 28 in Toronto, Linney stars opposite Robin Williams. Williams plays a Jon Stewart-like host of a latenight talkshow who runs for president only to see the stunt backfire when he actually wins due to a set of unusual circumstances. Linney plays the head of a computer company that investigates those circumstances. Christopher Walken also stars.

Linney is also starring in Billy Ray´s Breach, she will film both projects simultaneously.

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