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Matthew McConaughey is set to star in Civil War drama “Free State of Jones”.
“The Hunger Games” director Gary Ross is helming the film in which McConaughey will play Newton Knight, a soldier who flees the battlefields after being disillusioned by the horrors that touched his own family. On the run, he rallies the support of fellow deserters to lead an uprising against their former comrades, in the process creating a free safe haven.
Scott Stuber is producing. Production is set to kick off early next year.
Deadline first reported the news.
