John Lithgow to play Fox News' Roger Ailes on the big screen

Variety

When Lithgow was starring in his Emmy-winning role as Winston Churchill on Netflix's The Crown, he was repeatedly asked about comparisons to Gary Oldman's Churchill in the movie Darkest Hour. Now Lithgow will be playing Roger Ailes on the big screen, while another big-name actor, Russell Crowe, portrays the Fox News founder on television, on the Showtime limited series based on the book The Loudest Voice in the Room. While the TV series is focused on Ailes' rise, the movie, co-starring Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron and Margot Robbie, is focused on the whistle-blowers who accused Ailes of promoting and participating in a Fox News culture of sexual misconduct.