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Two-time Oscar winner Kevin Spacey has met with Jack Abramoff at a federal prison in Maryland to prepare for his leading role in a film about the disgraced Washington lobbyist, a Hollywood executive said Monday.
Spacey and director George Hickenlooper (“Factory Girl”) met with Abramoff to discuss plans for a film based loosely on Abramoff’s career in Washington, said Richard Rionda Del Castro, chairman of Hannibal Pictures.
Rionda Del Castro said he is executive producing, co-financing and distributing the film.
Abramoff, 50, is serving prison time for offenses stemming partly from a federal probe of influence-peddling in the nation’s capital.
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