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Thornton, Wilkinson Join in Drug Drama

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Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Wilkinson will tag team as evil CEOs of a pharmaceutical company in Duplicity, a drama written and to be directed by Tony Gilroy. Mr. Wilkinson received a supporting actor Oscar nomination for Michael Clayton, which Mr. Gilroy also wrote and directed. Mr. Thornton (who last starred in... Mr. Woodcock) and Mr. Wilkinson (the rich uncle who gets Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell in trouble in Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream) join Julia Roberts and Clive Owen, who play corporate spies, in the movie, according to Variety.

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