Meryl Streep & Sigourney Weaver Lead NYC-Set Thriller ‘Useful Idiots’ From Fifth Season, Black Bear

Meryl Streep and Sigourney Weaver to Star in ‘Useful Idiots’

Meryl Streep and Sigourney Weaver will lead Joseph Cedar's "Useful Idiots," which is produced by Fifth Season, Black Bear and Closer Media.

Meryl Streep and Sigourney Weaver to Star in Thriller 'Useful Idiots' at Black Bear

Three-time Academy Award-winner Meryl Streep and three-time Academy Award nominee Sigourney Weaver have been cast in “Useful Idiots,” a provocative thriller set in New York City, Black Bear announced on Friday. Joseph Cedar will direct from a script he wrote with “60 Minutes” producer Shachar Bar-On. The official synopsis for “Useful Idiots” is as follows: Veteran journalist Diane Castle (Streep) covers the New York luxury property market, disil…

Meryl Streep & Sigourney Weaver Lead NYC-Set Thriller ‘Useful Idiots’ From Fifth Season, Black Bear

Meryl Streep and Sigourney Weaver are teaming to star in Useful Idiots, a New York-set thriller from director Joseph Cedar, Fifth Season and Black Bear. The pic follows Diane Castle (Streep), a veteran journalist who covers the New York luxury property market. She’s disillusioned with writing puff pieces about the wealthy elite and regretful that she […]

Useful Idiots: Meryl Streep and Sigourney Weaver to co-lead a New York-set thriller about the luxury property market

Two of Hollywood’s brightest stars, Meryl Streep (The Devil Wears Prada, Sophie’s Choice, Only Murders in the Building) and Sigourney Weaver (Aliens, Galaxy Quest, Ghostbusters), are joining forces for Useful Idiots, an upcoming New York-set thriller from director Joseph Cedar (Norman, Footnote, Constellation). According to reports, Useful Idiots “follows Diane Castle (Streep), a veteran journalist who covers the New York luxury property market.…