'Bombshell' trailer pits Nicole Kidman against Fox News

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Now we've got a full trailer for Roach's film, and guess what? Bombshell stars Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, John Lithgow, Kate McKinnon, Connie Britton, Mark Duplass, Rob Delaney, Malcolm McDowell, and Allison Janney. The clip shows whistleblower Gretchen Carlson (Nicole Kidman) as she tries to convince HR that there is a sexual-harassment problem at the network.

Yup, that's the singer's mega-hit "Bad Guy" you hear in the new trailer for Bombshell, the upcoming film based on the real-life events that led to the ousting of Roger Ailes, the former Fox News chairman and CEO. "The whole cast, it's just an fantastic group of people".

On the folks they spoke to for the film, Roach said, "We're not revealing the people we talk to".

The film was given the green light before both the election of Donald Trump, who has been accused of sexual harassment and abuse by 25 women, and the start of the #MeToo movement but the makers have noted the timeliness of the story's retelling.

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When asked if Kelly had reached out to her in regards to the role, Kidman said no, but clarified: 'So we used a lot of source material in telling this story. Some of them are still working at Fox, some of them didn't really want their names out there.

The suits' response: "Will other women come forward?" "They stop watching when there isn't one".

Bombshell will be in South African cinemas on January 24, 2020.

"BOMBSHELL will make a convincing case for the VICE slot in the Best Picture race", Kyle Buchanan of The New York Times wrote on Twitter, later adding, "Margot Robbie should see supporting-actress heat for BOMBSHELL, which gives her a meaty arc from true-believer to potential whistleblower". But what's also really great about this segment is how into it Nicole gets when she's advocating for Harry Styles...and then the look on all their faces when Michael B Jordan's photo comes up.

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