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November 6, 2005

Joshua Jackson joins star-studded cast for Emilio Estevez's project, "Bobby"

The Hollywood Reporter (November 7, 2005)

 William H. Macy, Helen Hunt, Christian Slater, Joshua Jackson, and James Marsden have been enlisted for "Bobby," Emilio Estevez's project about the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, which he wrote and is directing. Estevez has assembled one of the most star-studded casts in recent memory for his film chronicling the intertwining lives of a grand cast of characters present at Los Angeles' Ambassador Hotel in the hours leading up to Kennedy's assassination. Anthony Hopkins, Demi Moore, Sharon Stone, Elijah Wood, Lindsay Lohan, Shia LaBeouf, Nick Cannon, Freddy Rodriguez and Brian Geraghty are already cast in the film, currently shooting in Los Angeles. Estevez also has a role." link to article

Estevez's father, Martin Sheen, and Joy Bryant are in negotiations to join the project, which Estevez wrote and is directing.

The film chronicles the intertwining lives of a grand cast of characters at Los Angeles' Ambassador Hotel in the hours leading up to Kennedy's assassination. Anthony Hopkins, Demi Moore, Sharon Stone, Elijah Wood, Lindsay Lohan, Shia LaBeouf, Nick Cannon, Freddy Rodriguez and Brian Geraghty already are cast in the film, currently shooting in Los Angeles. Estevez also has a role.

Macy plays the hotel's manager, and Slater is the bigoted food and beverage manager. Jackson ("Dawson's Creek") plays the head of the Los Angeles chapter of the Youth for Kennedy brigade, while Marsden ("Superman Returns") is a man whose brother is being drafted into war.

Sheen would portray a wealthy East Coast financier staying at the hotel with his wife (Hunt). Bryant ("Get Rich or Die Tryin"') will play a switchboard operator.

Stay tuned for more details about this project as they become available! :)