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"The Last Thing He Wanted" is a political thriller directed by Dee Rees ("Mudbound") from a script co-written by Rees and Marco Villalobos based on the novel of the same name by Joan Didion.

Anne Hathaway stars as a veteran D.C. journalist who loses the thread of her own narrative when a guilt-propelled errand for her father thrusts her from byline to unwitting subject in the very story she's trying to break. Ben Affleck, Rosie Perez, Willem Dafoe and Toby Jones co-star.

"The Last Thing He Wanted" premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and it was released on February 21, 2020 by Netflix.

Find out more about the movie after the jump.

Anne Hathaway in Talks to Star in Political Thriller THE LAST THING HE WANTED

Oscar winner Anne Hathaway is in talks to star in the political thriller "The Last Thing He Wanted" based on the book of the same name written by Joan Didion. The film will be directed by Dee Rees ("Mudbound") from a script written by Marco Villalobos, and produced by Cassian Elwes ("Dallas Buyers Club"), Marc Godfrey ("Silence") and Robert Jones ("The Usual Suspects").

Hathaway would star as Elena McMahon, a woman who finds herself on dangerous ground as the Iran Contra Affair's arms for drugs plot reaches its tipping point. The producers describe the film as the "thrilling story of one woman, alone and unrelenting in a race against time". The film is currently in pre-production.

Hathaway can also be seen this year in the upcoming "Ocean's 8" (June 8), the drama "Serenity" (September 28) alongside Matthew McConaughey, and the comedy "The Hustle" (June 29).

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