In what will be his first starring role since "Spider-Man 2," Tobey Maguire has signed to star with George Clooney and Cate Blanchett in The Good German an adaptation of the Joseph Kanon novel to be directed by Steven Soderbergh for Warner Bros.
The drama follows an American journalist (Clooney) drawn into a murder mystery in post-war Berlin, where he's searching for his wartime mistress (Blanchett). Paul Attanasio wrote the script.
Maguire will play a seemingly innocent soldier who drives the journalist around town and has motives of his own.
Clooney and Soderbergh's Section Eight are producing the film, which will be shot in black-and-white on WB's soundstages. Production begins in the fall.