The Laundromat (film)

The Laundromat is an upcoming film directed by Steven Soderbergh. It stars Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman, and Antonio Banderas.

Premise
A group of journalists take part in unearthing 11.5 million files, linking the world’s most powerful political figures to secret banking accounts to avoid taxes.

Cast

 * Meryl Streep as Ellen Martin
 * Gary Oldman as Jürgen Mossack
 * Antonio Banderas as Ramón Fonseca
 * Alex Pettyfer
 * David Schwimmer as Matthew Quirk
 * Will Forte
 * Matthias Schoenaerts
 * Jeffrey Wright
 * Chris Parnell
 * James Cromwell
 * Melissa Rauch
 * Larry Wilmore
 * Robert Patrick as Captain Perry
 * Rosalind Chao
 * Nikki Amuka-Bird as Miranda
 * Nonso Anozie as Charles
 * Amy Pemberton as Fetching

Production
In July 2016, it was announced that Steven Soderbergh was set to produce a then-untitled Panama Papers project. Later, in April 2018, it was announced that Soderbergh would also direct the film, now titled The Laundromat. Scott Z. Burns wrote the screenplay and production was set to commence in the fall of 2018. In May 2018, it was reported that Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas were in talks to star in the film with Netflix interested in acquiring the distribution rights. Soderbergh affirmed Netflix would likely be the film's distributor in July. In August 2018, Alex Pettyfer joined the cast of the film. In October, Netflix was confirmed to be releasing the movie, with David Schwimmer and Will Forte added to the cast. That same month, Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeffrey Wright, Chris Parnell, James Cromwell, Melissa Rauch, Larry Wilmore and Robert Patrick joined the cast of the film.

Filming
Principal photography began on October 15, 2018.