Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren and Robin Wright Penn are in negotiations to join the cast of "State of Play," Working Title and Universal's adaptation of the BBC miniseries. Kevin Macdonald is ...

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 ...