Margin Call Film, Starring Jeremy Irons, Kevin Spacey, to Open New Directors/New Films Series

J.C. Chandor's film Margin Call, which features theater veterans Jeremy Irons, Kevin Spacey, Stanley Tucci, and Zachary Quinto, will open the annual New Directors/New Films series, which will run March 23-April 3 in New York City.
The Wall Street thriller, which is now in its third week of principal photography in New York, is set during the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. The cast will also include Paul Bettany, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Mary McDonnell, and Demi Moore.
The series, which is sponsored by the Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, will feature 28 films from around the world, including Copacabana, starring French stage and screen actress Isabelle Huppert.

ADAM: Lisbon will indeed be sidelined, but it's nothing serious. Her absence will, however, force Hightower into the field with Jane, which series creator Bruno Heller says may alter her hands-off approach. "Hightower gets a firsthand look at how Jane operates, and she becomes less enamored with just letting him do his thing," Heller says. "Once you have to deal with it in the moment, it's not as easy as the theory." But it won't necessarily damage Jane and Hightower's relationship. "From Lisbon's perspective, it's kind of a little worrying and jealous-making that Jane and Hightower get along," Heller says.