Jeff Bridges to Star in 'The Emperor's Children' for Imagine Entertainment (Exclusive) — hollywoodreporter.com

Jeff Bridges is attached to star in The Emperor's Children, the adaptation of Claire Messud's best-selling novel that will be directed by Lake Bell. Imagine Entertainment is developing and producing the prestige project, which is being produced by Imagine's Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Erica Huggins. The company's Anna Culp will exec produce. Noah Baumbach wrote the script, which is described as a quintessential New York narrative as it tells the abstruse life of a legendary journalist and liberal opinion-maker named Murray Thwaite, exposing the ambition and pride of his family and friends, and his entanglement with his daughter's best friend, all in the days leading up to 9/11.

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