Alec Baldwin, Taylor Schilling, Jena Malone and Che “Rhymefest” Smith have joined the cast of Emilio Estevez’s Occupy-esque dramedy “the public,” TheWrap has learned.
The project, written and co-starring Estevez, is currently in pre-production. The film follows a standoff between the police and library officials on the coldest night in recent Cincinnati history.
Baldwin is set to play a crisis negotiator in charge of keeping the standoff under control. Estevez and Malone will play two librarians caught up in the standoff, while Schilling will play a character who desires to expose the truth. Smith will play one of the homeless Occupy patrons.
“the public,” spelled lowercase, is produced by Lisa Niedenthal along with Alex Lebovici and Steve Ponce of Oriah Entertainment, while Michael Bien of Cedarville Pictures serves as executive producer.
Estevez’s recent credits include “Bobby,” which he directed, wrote and starred in, and the indie drama “The Way.” He is represented by Primary Wave Entertainment.
Baldwin is represented by CAA, while Schilling and Malone are represented by The Gersh Agency.
Here's Every Time Alec Baldwin Was Donald Trump on SNL This Season (Videos)
"SNL" held off on starting its 42nd season until the first presidential debate aired, and it turned out to be the right move. Baldwin replaced Darrell Hammond as the man to play Trump, and his act quickly went viral.
A week later, Baldwin did the first of several encore performances, starting with a sketch in which he responded to the tapes of Trump's infamous comments to Billy Bush.
Baldwin then got a chance to be a bit more physical when he and McKinnon parodied the Town Hall debate, which featured a cameo from Bobby Moynihan as Ken Bone.
In that same episode, Baldwin also had an appearance in a digital short parodying Beyonce's "Lemonade," in which Trump's ladies strike back after all his antics.
Then Baldwin and McKinnon did one more debate parody, which featured Tom Hanks as Fox News anchor/debate moderator Chris Wallace.
In the final "SNL" episode before Nov. 8, Baldwin finally broke character and ran out with McKinnon to detox from the ugliness of the campaign with the help of some fellow Americans in Times Square.
But while Baldwin's run has been widely hailed, there's one guy who didn't like it: his own brother and avid Trump supporter, Stephen Baldwin. Here's what he had to say about Alec's bit after the final debate in Las Vegas.
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Alec Baldwin’s weekly Trump parodies on ”SNL“ this season have been so good it almost made this tire fire election seem worth it
"SNL" held off on starting its 42nd season until the first presidential debate aired, and it turned out to be the right move. Baldwin replaced Darrell Hammond as the man to play Trump, and his act quickly went viral.
