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Helen McCrory, Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Michael Sheen Set for HBO’s The Special Relationship

Michael Sheen
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Michael Sheen
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)

HBO will air a new film The Special Relationship revolving around the turbulent political relationship in the 1990s between British Prime Minister Tony Blair and President Clinton, according to Variety.

The film will be directed by Richard Loncraine and feature a script by Peter Morgan, author of The Queen and Frost/Nixon.

The film will star Dennis Quaid and Julianne Moore as Bill and Hillary Clinton and Michael Sheen and Helen McCrory as Tony and Cherie Blair, respectively. Sheen previously played Blair in The Queen and played David Frost in the stage and film versions of Frost/Nixon.