Robert Redford’s Lincoln assassination tale “The Conspirator” will premiere at September’s Toronto International Film Festival.

A showcase for potential Academy Awards contenders, the Toronto festival announced many of the titles Tuesday that will have their world premieres at the event Sept. 9-19.

Director Redford’s “The Conspirator” stars James McAvoy, Robin Wright Penn, Kevin Kline and Evan Rachel Wood in a tale of a union war hero defending a woman accused of aiding her son in Lincoln’s assassination.

Source

Robert Redford talked about his upcoming film The Conspirator with USA Today, revealing the first images of James McAvoy and Toby Kebbell in the film set against the turbulent backdrop of post-Civil War Washington.

The film centers on Mary Surratt (played by Robin Wright Penn), one of the accused members of a conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln, and in the wake of the case, the first woman executed by the US government. James McAvoy plays Frederick Aiken, a Union soldier who reluctantly defends Mary Surratt.

Redford says of the film:

“There was a question of whether she was complicit, guilty by association, or even more guilty. The lawyer that defended her didn’t want to defend her. He was a Union soldier who became a lawyer.”

The Conspirator comes to theaters in 2010 and stars Norman Reedus, James McAvoy, Robin Wright Penn, Evan Rachel Wood, Alexis Bledel, Justin Long, Danny Huston, Kevin Kline. The film is directed by Robert Redford.

Source

I have just added a handful of images of James, with co-star Justin Long, filming scenes from “The Conspirator”. More pictures will be added asap, as well as captures from “Starter For 10″.

Gallery Links
Movie Productions – The Conspirator – On Set