Years later, TV writer's dream comes true on big screen

[Bob Jersey]

John McNamara's had an honorable career as a writer and producer - Lois and Clark, the short-lived Profit on Fox, the 2000s return of The Fugitive, his current job on Duchovny's Aquarius... but back in 2008 during a guild strike, he found a book on his shelf, a 70s bio of accused-Communist scribe Dalton Trumbo, from which he ground out a screenplay in his spare time... he finally got a studio to bite, and the result, directed by Jay Roach with Bryan Cranston starring, bows this month at the Toronto Film Festival and should hit theaters by November...

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