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Jennifer Jason Leigh and others join cast of new John Maybury film
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 Variety reports that Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kelly Lynch, Kris Kristofferson, and Daniel Craig will join Adrien Brody and Keira Knightley in the cast of The Jacket, the next film from out director John Maybury (Love Is the Devil). The psychological thriller, a coproduction between Mandalay Pictures and George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh's Section Eight, will be distributed domestically by the new arthouse shingle Warner Independent Pictures.     

        
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