The same day we get to see Tobey Maguire flaunt his everlasting cinematic innocence in several clips from The Great Gatsby comes word of his follow-up. This is a doozy as it has the Seabiscuit star acting alongside Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell in an IFC mini-series…for real. The well-casted event series will be six episodes in length and comes in from Ferrell’s Funny or Die.
Titled The Spoils of Babylon, Deadline says the story will follow the lives of an oil-enterprising family known as the Morehouses. Elements of the plot are said to focus on illegal arms deals and international espionage with the Shah of Iran–a role that belongs to Ferrell. Wiig will play the daughter of the family with Maguire as her adopted sibling. Casa de mi Padre director Matt Piedmont is directing from an Andrew Steele script.