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"Colin Firth and Michael Fassbender have been cast in Genius. The pair will take the two starring roles in Skyfall writer John Logan and director Michael Grandage&amp;#039;s biopic, reports ComingSoon.net.  Based on A Scott Berg&amp;#039;s National Book Award-winning Max Perkins: Editor of Genius, the film centres around writing legend Thomas Wolfe (Fassbender) and his relationship with the eponymous literary agent (Firth). Perkins - who also represented F Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway - formed a strong bond with Wolfe that prove significant for both of the very different men. &amp;quot;John Logan, Colin Firth and Michael Fassbender is an extraordinary line-up to work with, and we are particularly delighted to bring Glen Basner and all at FilmNation onto the team to join us as we move forward,&amp;quot; said Grandage and producer James Bierman.  &amp;quot;Together, we can all now look ahead to making this project a reality and bring this amazing story to the attention of audiences everywhere.&amp;quot; Firth will soon be seen in Gambit alongside Cameron Diaz and Alan Rickman. Fassbender will next appear in the 2013 films Twelve Years a Slave and Ridley Scott&amp;#039;s The Counselor. Genius is scheduled to begin shooting in early 2014. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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