from MGM and Smokehouse Pictures with Clooney and his Smoke House Partner Grant Heslov co-directing. Mark L Smith adapted the screenplay.The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
, the story tells the triumphant underdog story of the University of Washington men’s rowing team, who stunned the world by winning gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Clooney has been eyeing this adaptation for some time and came close to directing last year but when he had the opportunity to direct As for Turner, the
British actor’s star has been on the rise ever since his breakout role in Jeremy Saulnier’s thriller Masters of the AirandThe Capturefranchise as the brother to Eddie Redmayne’s Newt Scamander. He is represented by WME, Curtis Brown UK, Ziffren Brittenham.
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