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Cumberbatch in talks to star in 'The Man in the Rockefeller..'

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Actor Benedict Cumberbatch is in negotiations to play a real-life con artist in "Man in the Rockefeller Suit".

Based on Mark Seal's book, the story follows Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, an imposter who conned his way into various jobs on Wall Street - as well as a marriage - by posing as a member of the Rockefeller family, reported Variety.

David Bar Katz will write the adapted screenplay based on Seal's book of the same name, while Donald De Line will produce the film. There has not been any director attached to the project.

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First Published: Apr 13 2017 | 1:32 PM IST

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