Russell Crowe transforms into Roger Ailes for Showtime series The Loudest Voice
The show takes its basis from Gabriel Sherman’s bestselling book 'The Loudest Voice in the Room'
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Your support makes all the difference.Showtime has released its first look at Russell Crowe as the late Fox News founder Roger Ailes in its new limited series The Loudest Voice.
The show is a co-production between Blumhouse Television and Showtime, taking its basis from Gabriel Sherman’s bestselling book The Loudest Voice in the Room, alongside his extensive work for New York magazine on the allegations of sexual harassment that led to Ailes’s 2016 departure from Fox News.
Naomi Watts, Seth MacFarlane, Sienna Miller, Simon McBurney and Annabelle Wallis are also set to star in the series.
Sherman has co-written the first episode of The Loudest Voice with Spotlight’s Tom McCarthy, who also serves as an executive producer alongside Blumhouse founder Jason Blum. Crowe is also an executive producer on the project.
Ailes is also the subject of an untitled film from Austin Powers director Jay Roach and writer Charles Randolph, where he’s set to be played by John Lithgow. The film is also set to start Charlize Theron as Megyn Kelly.
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