Even the writer can’t believe his luck. The cast of a film version of British journalist Jon Ronson’s acclaimed book The Men Who Stare at Goats sounds too starry to be true. Actor George Clooney, who bought the film rights at the Cannes film festival this spring, has assembled a line-up to rival the biggest of Hollywood blockbusters.

ALBUQUERQUE, Sept. 24 (UPI) — Film stars George Clooney and Ewan McGregor are heading to New Mexico to shoot their new movie “Men Who Stare at Goats,” the movie’s publicist says.
The film, which reportedly will co-star Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges, is based on British journalist Jon Ronson’s non-fiction book by the same name.
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Based on the book by the Guardian columnist Jon Ronson, “Goats” is set in Iraq and centers on Bob Wilton (McGregor), a desperate reporter who stumbles upon the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady (Clooney), who claims to be a former secret U.S. military psychic soldier who was re¬activated post-9/11.
“Goats” chronicles the [...]

Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges are in negotiations to star opposite Clooney in the feature, which Heslov is directing from a script by Peter Straughan.

Ewan McGregor is in talks to join George Clooney in the Iraq-set drama “The Men Who Stare at Goats.”

Maple Pictures have acquired exclusive Canadian distribution rights to MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS, it was announced today by Co-President Laurie May.
Based on the 2005 non-fiction book by journalist Jon Ronson, MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS tells the story of a secret unit that was created within the US Army in 1979. By defying military [...]

Grant Heslov to direct Jon Ronson adaptation
George Clooney will topline, and his Smoke House partner Grant Heslov will helm, “Men Who Stare at Goats.”
Pic is an adaptation of British journalist Jon Ronson’s book about the U.S. Army’s First Earth Battalion, a unit that was to use paranormal powers. Title refers to the notion that one [...]