HBO has lined up an "all-star cast" for director Curtis Hanson's adaptation of Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves by Andrew Ross Sorkin, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
In addition to William Hurt (Henry Paulson), Paul Giamatti (Ben Bernanke) and James Woods (Lehman Brothers CEO Dick Fuld), the project will feature Topher Grace (Jim Wilkinson), Ed Asner (Warren Buffett), Tony Shalhoub (John Mack), Dan Hedaya (Barney Frank), Cynthia Nixon (Michele Davis), Michael O’Keefe (Chris Flowers), Ayad Akhtar (Neel Kashkari), Kathy Baker (Wendy Paulson), Billy Crudup (Timothy Geithner) and Joey Slotnick (Dan Jester).