The twin film to Showtime’s Russell Crowe Roger Ailes movie, Bombshell is the latest feature to focus on the Fox News sexual harassment scandal. But, though it’s directed by political-TV-movie-with-big-name-stars-playing-real-people specialist Jay Roach (Game Change, Recount), this one’s headed to theaters this December.
Now John Lithgow is Ailes—but the real focus here is on his victims. In the lead roles, we’ve got Nicole Kidman playing Gretchen Carlson, Margot Robbie as fictional producer Kayla Pospisil, and an almost unrecognizable Charlize Theron looking more like Megyn Kelly than herself.
And, hey, the title works as both a reference to “blonde bombshells” and to the bombshell of the scandal! We totally get it, man!
Bombshell hits theaters December 20, so you can argue with your family about it on Christmas.
