Hollywood chooses Harbour Square
for filming the movie called "State of Play"
starring Russell Crowe as reporter Cal McCaffrey
 Ben Affleck as Congressman Steve Collins and
Harbour Square as his Washington DC apartment
See Movie Trailer or StateOfPlayMovie.Net
Description at WikiPedia

Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren and Robin Wright Penn (wife of Sean Penn) will join Russell Crowe (originally Brad Pitt), Ben Affleck (originally Edward Norton) and Jason Bateman in State of Play, the Universal Pictures/Working Title adaptation of the British miniseries.

Kevin Macdonald is directing; Matthew Michael Carnahan wrote the script.

McAdams will play a reporter in the middle of a career-making story, as her newspaper investigates the death of the mistress of a fast-rising congressman.

Mirren will play the newspaper's steely editor, a role undertaken by Bill Nighy in the original mini.

Wright Penn will play the congressman's estranged wife. She becomes romantically involved with the pol's former campaign manager (Crowe), who leads the newspaper's investigative team. Affleck plays the congressman and Bateman plays the other lead reporter.

Andrew Hauptman is producing with Working Title partners Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. Paul Abbott, who wrote the six-hour mini, is executive producer.

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From LiveJournal

Here is the first snap of Russell Crowe filming the upcoming movie State of Play, being directed by Last King of Scotland's Kevin McDonald.  State of Play is filming in D.C. right now, and on Tuesday they were shooting various scenes on U Street in the Northwest part of the city. I'm not quite sure what to make of the upcoming political thriller. When the film was first announced and Brad Pitt and Ed Norton were slated to play the leads, there was definite anticipation on my part. Since then, the two have dropped out (for various reasons seemingly not related to the film), and Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck - ugh! - have replaced the two, respectively. Affleck will play the politician embroiled in a scandal surrounding the death of his mistress, while Crowe will portray Affleck's friend and politico-turned-investigative journalist. Obviously, it's a bit more complex than that, but you get the gist.

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Universal's adaptation of Paul Abbott's BBC miniseries State of Play. Kevin MacDonald (The Last King of Scotland) will direct from Matthew Michael Carnahan's script (recently re-written by Tony Gilroy).

State of Play, which earned unequivocal raves during its 2003 run, revolves around the relationship between a politician (Norton) and a journalist (Pitt) whose friendship is tested by a murder investigation. Variety's report includes the following synopsis:

Norton will play a congressman whose speedy political rise is threatened by an investigation into the death of his mistress. Pitt plays a politico-turned-journalist whose relationship with the solon is compromised when he oversees his newspaper's investigation into the murder and develops a relationship with the pol's estranged wife.

Given that the David Yates-directed original is six hours long, the filmmakers will have their work cut out for them when it comes to bringing a feature-length version to the screen. Production is scheduled to begin in November.