Capote bio makes play for Paltrow
Weaver also joins McGrath-helmed 'Word'
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Sigourney Weaver also has joined the production, portraying one of Capote's socialite confidantes.
Production is slated to begin Jan. 1.
Wahlberg will portray "In Cold Blood" killer Perry Smith, with Bullock as Harper Lee, the "To Kill a Mockingbird" author who was Capote childhood friend. U.K. thesp Jones will star as Capote.
Pic is written and will be directed by Doug McGrath for Christine Vachon's Killer Films. John Wells is executive producer.
McGrath adapted his script from George Plimpton's 1997 oral biography "Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career."
Pic focuses on Capote's relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Smith while the pair awaited execution on death row.
Sidney Kimmel's Longfellow Pictures will co-finance the film, budgeted at about $10 million, with WIP.
