State of Affairs

State of Affairs is an American drama film directed by Bill Condon and written and produced by Drew Gars. It stars Michael Fassbender, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jason Bateman, Jessica Chastain, Natalie Portman, Aaron Paul, John Goodman, Paula Patton and Lewis Black. It is the fourth film in Gars' I'm Not Ashamed Universe series and the first in the series to not feature Emma Watson as Millie Chamberlain.

Plot
Attorney General Michael Ward is a Demoractic Nominee running for President of the United States, competing with rival nominee and oil tycoon Norman Snow, and is in engaged to egalitarian Maggie Winslow, but with all in his life, he can't handle the pressure. One day, he has a one night stand with a gay man who is in an abusive relationship and he continues to have an affair with him, but he must be careful with his secret love life, fearing that his political enemies and his fiancée will discover his secret.

Cast

 * Michael Fassbender as Michael Ward, the U.S. Attorney General and a Democratic presidential candidate.
 * Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Max Isaacs, a gay man who Michael has an affair with.
 * Jason Bateman as Grant Thurino, Michael's campaign manager. Grant is very serious when working with Ward and he is homophobic.
 * Jessica Chastain as Audrey Watts, Michael's junior campaign manager.
 * Natalie Portman as Maggie Winslow, an egalitarian and Michael's good-natured fiancee.
 * Aaron Paul as Erick Rawlins, Max's abusive boyfriend.
 * John Goodman as Norman Snow, the CEO of Snowland Oils Corporation and a Republican presidential candidate.
 * Paula Patton as Sally Costello, the national spokesperson for the Norman Snow presidential campaign.
 * Lewis Black as Lester Hallman, the conservative host of Hallman Talk and a controversial political commentator.
 * Mykelti Williamson as Pete Rifkin, Michael's head of security.
 * Ray Wise as a U.S. Senator for TBA and a Democratic presidential candidate.
 * Anna Gunn as Snow's extremely right-wing campaign manager.
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 * Sendhil Ramamurthy as Tobias Chaudhary, an Indian American conservative author who endorses Snow. He is a parody of Dinesh D'Souza.
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Cameos

 * Wolf Blitzer as himself
 * Anderson Cooper as himself
 * Megyn Kelly as herself
 * Abby Martin as herself
 * Max Keiser as himself
 * Thom Hartmann as himself
 * Larry King as himself
 * Ed Schultz as himself
 * Cenk Uygur as himself
 * Ana Kasparian as herself
 * Kyle Kulinski as himself
 * Robin Meade as herself
 * Charlie Rose as himself
 * Soledad O'Brien as herself
 * John Oliver as himself
 * Trevor Noah as himself
 * Samantha Bee as herself
 * Jon Stewart as himself

Trivia

 * 113 minutes long.
 * The film is rated R for some sexual/nudity, language throughout and brutal violence.
 * The film will be distributed by Universal Pictures while being produced by Legendary Pictures and Working Title Films.