Bombshell (2019 film)
Bombshell is an upcoming American drama film directed by Jay Roach and written by Charles Randolph. It features an ensemble cast, including Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, and John Lithgow, and is based upon several women at Fox News who set out to expose CEO Roger Ailes for sexual harassment.
The project was first announced in May 2017 following Ailes' death, with Roach confirmed as director the following year. Much of the cast joined that summer and filming began in October 2018 in Los Angeles.
The film is scheduled to be released in a limited release the United States on December 13, 2019, followed by a wide release on December 20, 2019, by Lionsgate.
Premise[edit]
The film centers upon female Fox News personnel and their allegations against founder Roger Ailes.
Cast[edit]
- Charlize Theron as Megyn Kelly
- Nicole Kidman as Gretchen Carlson
- Margot Robbie as Kayla Pospisil
- John Lithgow as Roger Ailes
- Kate McKinnon as Jess Carr
- Connie Britton as Beth Ailes
- Mark Duplass as Douglas Brunt
- Rob Delaney
- Malcolm McDowell as Rupert Murdoch
- Allison Janney as Susan Estrich
- Alice Eve as Ainsley Earhardt
- Brigette Lundy-Paine as Julia Clarke
- Liv Hewson as Lily Balin
- Alanna Ubach as Jeanine Pirro
- Elisabeth Röhm as Martha MacCallum
- Spencer Garrett as Sean Hannity
- Ashley Greene as Abby Huntsman
- Brooke Smith as Irena Brigante
- Michael Buie[3] as Bret Baier
- Nazanin Boniadi as Rudi Bakhtiar
- Bree Condon as Kimberly Guilfoyle
- Ahna O'Reilly as Julie Roginsky
- Stephen Root as Neil Mullin
- Madeline Zima as Edie
- P. J. Byrne as Neil Cavuto
- Andy Buckley
- Ben Lawson as Lachlan Murdoch
- Josh Lawson as James Murdoch
- Doc Farrow as Lucas
- Robin Weigert as Nancy Erika Smith
- Marc Evan Jackson as Chris Wallace
- Richard Kind as Rudy Giuliani[4]
- Holland Taylor[5]
- D'Arcy Carden
- Tricia Helfer
- Jennifer Morrison
