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Glenn Powell's on a roll with his newfound star power, next up a team up with Anthony Mackie and Laura Dern! The 'Anyone But You' actor is next set to lead the legal drama Monsanto from writer-director John Lee Hancock with a cast that includes Mackie and Dern. Per the producers, Monsanto tells the true story of young, untried attorney Brent Wisner played by Powell, who takes on a seemingly insurmountable case against the giant U.S. chemical company Monsanto on behalf of Dewayne "Lee" Johnson played by Mackie. Johnson used the company's best-known product, Roundup, a wildly financially successful weed and grass pesticide killer, as part of his job as a high school groundskeeper and is now suffering illnesses.
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00:00Glenn Powell's on a roll with his newfound star power.
00:03Next up, a team up with Anthony Mackie and Laura Dern.
00:06The Anyone But You actor is next set to lead the legal drama Monsanto
00:10from writer and director John Lee Hancock,
00:12with a cast that includes Mackie and Dern.
00:15Per the producers, Monsanto tells the true story of a young,
00:18untried attorney, Brent Wisner, played by Powell,
00:20who takes on a seemingly unsurmountable case
00:23against the giant U.S. chemical company Monsanto
00:25on behalf of Dwayne Lee Johnson, played by Mackie.
00:28Johnson used the company's best-known product, Roundup,
00:32a widely financially successful weed-and-grass pesticide killer,
00:35as part of his job as a high school groundskeeper
00:37and is now suffering illnesses.
00:40Dern will play Monsanto's chief toxicologist,
00:42who, of course, testifies that the product is safe.
00:45Producer Adam McKay said in a statement,
00:47These days, stories about the little guy taking on huge institutions
00:50seem few and far between, both in real life and on the big screen.
00:54So when a story as riveting and inspiring as this one shows up on our desks,
00:57we get excited.
00:59Why?
00:59Because people love and need these movies.
01:01They always have and always will.
01:03For more on this story, head to THR.com.
01:06And for the latest entertainment news and updates,
01:08keep watching The Hollywood Reporter News.
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