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Usually when we bring you news of an incoming clash of the titans, we're either talking about the latest Godzilla X Kong MonsterVerse joint or, admittedly less frequently, actual Clash Of The Titans. But even the atomic might of Gojira and the pounding fists of King Kong pales in comparison to the forces of nature that are three-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep and actual frickin' Ellen Ripley herself, Sigourney Weaver. And so today's news, coming via Deadline, that the former Iron Lady and Alien OG — former Yale Drama School buds — are set to share the screen for the first time ever in upcoming New York set thriller Useful Idiots is music to our ears.
Directed by Joseph Cedar (Constellation) from a screenplay by himself and Shachar Bar-On, Useful Idiots sounds like a juicy thriller for its first-time co-stars to sink their teeth into. The description of the project provided to Deadline details how Streep will star as a veteran journalist on the New York luxury property market beat who, disillusioned with blowing smoke up the wealthy elite in her work, takes the imminent record-breaking sale of a luxury apartment as a prime opportunity to dig into its enigmatic buyer and their dealings. Per Deadline's reporting, "at its center is a mysterious oligarch whose influence stretches across Manhattan and beyond – protected by a network of fixers, enablers and a brilliant young strategist," pushing Streep's dogged journo in way over her head as her safety — and that of those she loves — is increasingly put at risk.
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Now, we don't have confirmation of who Weaver will be playing in Cedar's movie just yet, but it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to imagine an actor of her stature and experience is probably more likely to be playing the mysterious oligarch in Useful Idiots' plot than any of its fixers, enablers, or the above-mentioned strategist. But while we wait to hear more on the project, which has no fixed release just yet, we can look forward to seeing Streep and Weaver next in action in a pair of hotly anticipated blockbuster sequels — The Devil Wears Prada 2 and Avatar: Fire And Ash, respectively. Now there's a thought… Amanda Priestly and Kiri in a Pandoran workplace comedy-drama. We'd watch it!