Produced by Red Arrow Studios-backed Endor Productions, the original series of State of Play featured a stellar cast including David Morrissey, John Simm, Bill Nighy, James McAvoy and Kelly MacDonald.

The 2009 political thriller film State of Play stars Russell Crowe as Cal McAffrey, a dogged Washington, D.C. journalist who probes the suspicious death of the aide and mistress to Congressman ...