Kevin Costner and Tommy Lee Jones join The Company Men
For those who are unaware Hollywood likes to use current events and make a movie about them. Right now you turn on the news and all you hear is stuff about shady business practices, corporate greed, unemployment, corporate downsizing and AIG.
So what do? Hoe about make a film about corporate downsizing.
The Company Men is just that film, already starring Ben Affleck, the film is also now getting veteran actors, Tommy Lee Jones and Kevin Costner to be in the film as well.
According to Variety,
“Kevin Costner and Tommy Lee Jones are set to star in “The Company Men,” an independently financed drama about the impact that a corporate downsizing has on both its casualties and survivors. They join Ben Affleck, who was set last fall.”
The film revolves around a corporate hotshot (Affleck) whose Porsche and six-figure salary vanish after he gets laid off. Costner plays his brother-in-law, a salt-of-the-earth drywall installer who gives him a construction job. Tommy Lee Jones will play a senior partner in the firm, a principled man who struggles with the greedy actions of his partners.
