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Virginia Madsen gets to play Kevin Spacey ex-wife in the independent comedy Father of Invention.

Filming has started with Trent Cooper.

Reported by Variety, Father of Invention focuses on a humble inventor-turned-egomaniacal billionaire who loses it all when one of his inventions goes horribly awry. After eight years in federal prison, he returns to discover his ex-wife has spent his fortune and remarried.

Camilla Belle, Heather Graham and Craig Robison also star.

Madsen a short time ago produced the documentary I Know a Woman Like That, which her mother Elaine Madsen directed. Virginia also appears in the upcoming Hilary Swank starrer Amelia.

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Heather Graham, Johnny Knoxville, Craig Robinson and Camilla Belle have joined the indie ensemble comedy Father of Invention.

The film will follow a humble inventor-turned-egomaniacal billionaire (Kevin Spacey) who spends eight years in prison when one of his inventions goes wrong. Upon release, he tries to rebuild his reputation, but finds that easier than fixing his relationship with his family.

It has been written by Jonathan Krane and Nichole Beatty. Trent Cooper is directing.

Shrink is about a psychiatrist, Kevin Spacey, who sinks deep into the snake pit of hell, a common practice for  psychiatrists.  Shrink opens in movie theaters July 24, 2009.

George Orwell’s real-life story from the book “Catalonia” will be directed by Hugh Hudson and adapted by Bob Ellis. Colin Firth and Kevin Spacey are set to star.

“Catalonia” follows his story of he and his wife, Eileen, travels to Barcelona in order to fight Stalinism. Orwell joins the Anarchist brigade and fought in the Spanish Civil War. Ellis’ script will focus on the relationship between Orwell and Georges Kopp, the captivating commander of the brigade.

Variety reports, Hudson is scheduled to begin filming in the first half of 2010 in England, Spain and then Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Uruguay.

Kevin Spacey is all set to star in and produce the independent comedy Father of Invention.

Trent Cooper (Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector) is in place to direct from a script he wrote with Jonathan Krane and Nichole Beattie.

The comedy focuses on a modest inventor who eventually turns into an egomaniacal billionaire who loses everything when one of his inventions goes horribly awry. After eight years in federal prison, he returns bankrupt, homeless and determined to rebuild his reputation and fortune.

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges are in negotiations to star alongside George Clooney in The Men Who Stare at Goats.

The film is based on the book “Goats” by Guardian columnist Jon Ronson. It is set in Iraq and focuses on Bob Wilton, a desperate reporter who stumbles upon the story of a lifetime when he meets a man who claims to be a former secret US military psychic soldier who was reactivated post 9/11.

McGregor is in talks to play the reporter, with Clooney playing the psychic soldier. Bridges will play Bill Django, the founder of the psychic program, and Spacey will play Larry Hooper, a former psychic soldier.

The film is being directed by Grant Heslov; shooting is set to begin next month.

George Clooney and Grant Heslov are recruiting a cast of men for the film The Men Who Stare at Goats. So far Clooney has nabbed Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges with Clooney starring opposite.

The story is based on the book by Guardian columnist Jon Ronson.

Goatscenters on Iraq with Bob Wilton (McGregor) a reporter in need of a story, who comes across the story of a lifetime. He meets Lyn Cassady (Clooney), who states he is a former secret U.S. Military psychic soldier reactivated post – 9/11.

Bridges plays the founder of the psychic soldier camp with Spacey playing a former psychic soldier who runs a prison camp in Iraq.

Production could begin as early as October.

Moon has a new cast member, Kevin Spacey, directed by Duncan Jones (David Bowie’s son.) Spacey is set to star with Sam Rockwell, Kaya Scodelario, Benedict Wong, Matt Berry, Malcolm Stewart and Dominique McElligott.

Spacey will play the voice of a robot.

The story is science fiction, of course, with a main character named Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell.) He is finishing up his contract with Lunar as a faithful employee for 3 long years.

Selene is his home, a moon base, where he has spent his faithful days alone, mining Helium 3, known as a precious gas that holds the key to reversing the Earth’s energy crisis.

Isolated, strong-minded and steadfast, Sam followed the rulebook dutifully while his time on the moon enlightened him – yet still uneventful. 

The isolation gave him time to reflect on his past mistakes and work on his raging temper. He does his job mechanically, and spends most of his available time dreaming of his imminent return to Earth, to his wife, young daughter and an early retirement.

However, 2 weeks out from his departure from Selene, Sam starts seeing things, hearing things and feeling strange.

And when a routine extraction goes horribly wrong, Sam discovers that Lunar have their own plans for replacing him… and the new recruit is eerily familiar. Before he can return to Earth, Sam has to confront him and the discovery that the life he created may not be his own.

It’s more than his contract that is set to expire.

Now this is true to life psychiatric story, very real and honest. Kevin Spacey plays a psychiatrist who has lost faith in his ability to help patients. He plays a shrink to Hollywood stars in an ensemble cast of indie “Shrink,” a Jonas Pate-directed drama that has just begun production in Los Angeles.

The stars include Saffron Burrows, Jack Huston, Giffin Dunne, Robin Williams, Pell James, Robert Loggia, Keke Palmer, Laura Ramsey, Gore Vidal, Dallas Roberts and   Mark Webber, who play Hollywood characters, clients of psychiatrist (Spacey), who is unable to come to grips with a recent personal tragedy. The psychiatrist is a chronic pot smoker who no longer cares about his personal appearance and has lost faith in his ability to help his