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Bakula joins Soderbergh's 'Informant'
Warner Independent thriller stars Matt Damon
By
Diane Garrett
 Scott
Bakula has scored the second lead role opposite Matt Damon in The
Informant,
Steven Soderbergh's espionage thriller for Warner Independent.
Bakula will play Brian Shepherd, an FBI agent who exposes
an international price-fixing scheme with the help of biochemist Mark
Whitacre (Damon). Project is based on a true story;
Scott Burns adapted the book by Kurt Eichenwald.
Participant Media and Groundswell are co-producing with
WIP.
Jennifer Fox and
Gregory Jacobs are producing.
Bakula recently appeared on Boston
Legal, reuniting with his Murphy Brown co-star
Candice Bergen. He is starring in
Dancing in the Dark at San Diego's Old Globe Theater.
Courtesy of
Variety.com
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