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Hollywood actors Glen Powell, Anthony Mackie, and Laura Dern are set to star in ‘Monsanto’, the latest film from writer-director John Lee Hancock.
The film follows the true story of young, untried attorney Brent Wisner (played by Powell), who in 2019 took on a seemingly insurmountable case against the giant U.S. chemical company Monsanto on behalf of Dewayne “Lee” Johnson (played by Mackie) who used the company’s best-known product Roundup, a wildly financially successful weed and grass pesticide killer, as part of his job as a high school groundskeeper. Dern plays Dr. Melinda Rogers, the Monsanto Company’s chief toxicologist, who testifies with certainty that Roundup is safe during the landmark cancer trial.
Movie’s director John Lee Hancock said, “I was drawn to this contemporary David vs. Goliath true story because I found it dramatic, moving, quite funny, and of critical importance in today’s world.” He added, “My ambitions are to deliver a smart, thoughtful, and commercial legal drama that takes the audience on a human journey.”
Written by Michael Wisner, Alexandra Duparc, Ned Benson, and Hancock, the project is being produced by Moritz Borman, Eric Kopeloff, Philip Schulz-Deyle, and Jon Levin alongside HyperObject Industries’ Adam McKay and Kevin Messick.
It is said that Rocket Science will launch international sales on the film out of Cannes later this month. CAA Media Finance is handling the domestic rights. Monsanto will likely come out in theaters in 2025 at the earliest.
