Genius Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

GENIUS centers on the real-life relationship between literary giant Thomas Wolfe and renowned editor Max Perkins (Firth).

Finding fame and critical success at a young age, Wolfe is a blazing talent with a larger-than-life personality to match. Perkins is one of the most respected and well-known literary editors of all time, discovering such iconic novelists as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway.

Wolfe and Perkins develop a tender, complex friendship. Transformative and irrepressible, this friendship will change the lives of these brilliant, but very different men forever.

Biography Drama

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Genius.

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  Colin Firth

  ... Max Perkins

  Disney's A Christmas Carol, Supernova

• 
  Nicole Kidman

  ... Aline Bernstein

  Babygirl, Paddington

• 
  Jude Law

  ... Thomas Wolfe

  Side Effects, The Order

Crew Behind the Film

The Genius behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Michael Grandage last directed My Policeman. The film's writer John Logan last wrote They/Them and Spectre.

Director

Michael Grandage

Screenwriter

John Logan

Producers

James Bierman
John Logan
Guy Pearce

Additional Information

All Trailers

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Production Details

What we know about the Genius movie production.

Key Facts

• Based on an inspirational true story. Adapted from A. Scott Berg's biography, "Max Perkins: Editor of Genius."

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