Soderbergh’s Panama Papers Film Lines Up Cast; May Head to Netflix

The Laundromat

After make low - budget cinema likeUnsaneand the upcomingHigh Flying Bird , film director Steven Soderbergh is likely direct higher with his new filmThe Laundromat . base on the April 2016 “ Panama Papers ” leak , the film has attracted the aid of Meryl Streep and fellow Oscar - winner Gary Oldman , along with Antonio Banderas .

For the preceding 30 twelvemonth , Soderbergh has established himself as one of celluloid ’s most venturesome film producer . In 1989 , his feature debutSex , Lies and Videotapeearned him an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay , and he won the Best Director accolade for his 2000 filmTraffic . Soderbergh was also put up in the same category forErin Brockovichthat same year . This past decade , he ’s heighten his cinematic legacy by directing , editing and shooting films likeMagic Mike , Side EffectsandLogan Lucky , along with the aforementionedUnsaneandHigh Flying Bird . ForThe Laundromat , Soderbergh will explore the April 15 , 2016 leak of 11.5 million documents that were cut from the Panamanian law house and corporate service provider Mossack Fonseca . The scandal unveil the individual ( and sometimes illegal ) dealings of celebrities , public official and business sector moguls .

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PerTHR , Streep has joinedThe Laundromatcast , with Oldman and Banderas in early negotiation to join her on the project . The Laundromatis found on Jake Bernstein ’s 2017 bookSecrecy World : Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite . Scott Z. Burns is publish the script , having antecedently collaborated with Soderbergh onThe Informant!,Contagion , andSide Effects .

THRalso report that Netflix is " eying"The Laundromat , despite already have a separate “ Panama Papers ” film in the works with manufacturer John Wells . That project is ground on the bookPanama paper : Breaking the report of How the World ’s productive and Powerful enshroud Their Money , spell by the German journalists who broke the “ Panama Papers ” outrage , Frederik Obermaier and Bastian Obermayer . Last April , The Laundromatwas reported to have a “ power plant cast,”and Streep and Oldman would indeed fit that beak . Oldman just won his first Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Winston Churchill inDarkest House , while Meryl Streep is come off yet another Best Actress nod forThe Post . Meanwhile , Banderas of late depict Pablo Picasso in National Geographic ’s TV seriesGenius .

While it ’s always entertaining when Soderbergh challenges the norm , like with his Cinemax seriesThe Knickor the interactive HBO projectMosaic , his most imperishable films have boast big genius . Since theThe Laundromatwill reportedly be on graduated table with Tom McCarthy ’s 2015 true history journalism dramaSpotlight , Soderbergh fans can expect mountain of star force for the “ Panama Papers ” adaptation .