Men Who Stare at Goats

Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges are set to star opposite already cast star / producer George Clooney in 'Men Who Stare at Goats', which tells of the supposedly real secret Army unit who aimed to creae soldiers with paranormal powers.



Based on a book by Guardian journalist Jon Ronson, the film is set in Iraq and tells of a reporter played by McGregor who meets Lyn Cassady (Clooney). Cassady claims he is a secret U.S. military psychic soldier. Amongst his supposed talents, the ability to kill animals simply by staring at them, hence the title

Bridges will play the founder of the program, Bill Django, while Spacey will play a former paranormal soldier now running a prison camp in Iraq.

Grant Heslov is directing from a script by Peter Straughan.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter