Ashley Greene & More of the Fox News Movie Cast (PHOTOS)

Jessica Napoli November 20, 2018, 1:35 pm

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John Lithgow attends the 2017 AMD British Academy Britannia Awards — Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images

John Lithgow will play Roger Ailes.

Roger Ailes attends the Carnegie Hall 125th Season Opening Night Gala — Andrew Toth/Getty Images

Roger Ailes

Charlize Theron attends Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Grants Banquet — Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

Charlize Theron will play Megyn Kelly.

Megyn Kelly at the 2018 Time 100 Gala — Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Time

Megyn Kelly

Nicole Kidman attends the 2018 Time 100 Gala — Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Time

Nicole Kidman will play Gretchen Carlson.

Gretchen Carlson attends the Gretchen Carlson 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party — Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images

Gretchen Carlson

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Margot Robbie has been cast in a fictional Fox News associate producer role.

Allison Janney at the 2018 ESPYS — Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images

Allison Janney will play feminist lawyer Susan Estrich.

Susan Estrich at 2016 Summer TCA Tour — Susan Estrich

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Kate McKinnon has been cast in a fictional producer role.

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Ashley Greene will be playing former ‘Fox & Friends’ host Abby Huntsman.

Abby Huntsman at 2018 Global Citizen Festival — Noam Galai/Getty Images for Global Citizen

Abby Huntsman

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The upcoming movie about Fox News’ sexual harassment scandal is taking shape and the cast is nothing short of stellar.

Emmy-winner John Lithgow will play the late Fox News chairman Roger Ailes, while Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman will play Gretchen Carlson, and Oscar-winner Charlize Theron will play Megyn Kelly, two former employees. Oscar-nominated Margot Robbie has also been cast in a fictional Fox News associate producer role and Oscar-winner Allison Janney is set to play feminist lawyer Susan Estrich.

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The news of the scandal broke when Carlson sued Fox News and Ailes in early July of 2016 for sexual harassment. She alleged that Ailes fired her after she refused his sexual advances. Ailes resigned on July 21, 2016 and and on September 6, 2016, the parent company of Fox News, 21st Century Fox Corporation, reportedly reach of a settlement of $20 million, according to The New York Times.

21st Century Fox also apologized to Carlson. In a statement, the company said, “We sincerely regret and apologize for the fact that Gretchen was not treated with the respect and dignity that she and all of our colleagues deserve.”

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After Carlson’s accusations, Kelly also spoke up about Ailes sexually harassing her as well. According to New York magazine, Ailes made “unwanted sexual advances” towards Kelly when she was a green correspondent at Fox.

Ailes died in May 2017 at the age of 77.

The movie, titled Fair and Balanced (working title), will be directed by Jay Roach (Trumbo) with a screenplay written by Charles Randolph (The Big Short).