American Horror Story favourite Jessica Lange and Game of Thrones' Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje will appear opposite Liam Neeson in detective thriller Marlowe.

Currently shooting between Ireland and Spain, this one hails from The Departed's Oscar-winning screenwriter William Monahan and director Neil Jordan, whose vast CV includes The Crying Game and Breakfast on Pluto.

Deadline reports that Diane Kruger (Inglorious Basterds), Alan Cumming (X-Men 2), Ian Hart (Harry Potter), Danny Huston (Children of Men) and Colm Meaney (Layer Cake) have all signed on too.

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Story-wise, the movie traces private investigator Philip Marlowe's (Neeson) job of finding the ex-lover of an heiress.

"It looks an open and shut case, but Marlowe soon finds himself in the underbelly of Hollywood's film industry and unwittingly drawn into the crossfire of a legendary Hollywood actress and her subversive, ambitious daughter," reads a synopsis.

Kruger's character is femme-fatale Clare Cavendish, who kickstarts the plot, whilst Lange plays her mother Dorothy.

Fellow detective Joe Green is Hart's role; Meaney steps into the shoes of DA investigator Bernie Ohls; Huston joins as country club boss Floyd Hanson, and Akinnuoye-Agbaje's Cedric is the muscle behind Cumming's gangster Lou Hendricks.

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Away from skulking the hardboiled streets, Neeson revealed might've once been James Bond.

The Northern Irish icon recalled earlier this year how, "They approached me – I believe it was a couple of calls from Barbara Broccoli, who's now the main producer of the Bond films. I wasn't offered it. I know they were looking at various actors and I, apparently, was among them.

"However, my dear departed wife [Natasha Richardson] did say to me – we were doing a movie together in South Carolina – and she says, 'Darling, if you're offered James Bond, and you're going to play it, you're not going to marry me.'

"Anytime we had arguments after that, I would go up to her and [sing the Bond theme]."

American Horror Story: Double Feature airs on FX in the US, and premiered on October 20 on Disney+ in the UK. Catch up on series 1-8 on Netflix, with seasons 1-9 available to buy on Amazon Prime Video.

Game of Thrones seasons 1-8 are available on DVD and Blu-ray. Spin-off House of the Dragon is now filming.


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