--- description: And now, Kevin Spacey side-eye heads to the big screen title: Kevin Spacey set to star in Winston Churchill movie image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt17b4b305fc151041/6986873213c79f9cad1913ae/479185913.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Kevin Spacey Set to Star in Winston Churchill Movie by [ashley Ross](/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 25, 2014 7:46 PM CUT  Actor Kevin Spacey attends the Venetian Ball 2014 to celebrate the launch of Best Buddies Macao Association on March 15, 2014 in Macau. Actor Kevin Spacey attends the Venetian Ball 2014 to celebrate the launch of Best Buddies Macao Association on March 15, 2014 in Macau.ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images by [ashley Ross](/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 25, 2014 7:46 PM CUT As if Frank Underwood didn’t achieve enough during the second season of _House of Cards_, now Kevin Spacey is planning _another_ power play. The Academy Award-winning actor will step into the shoes of legendary UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill. But it looks like Spacey might reveal a nicer — and hopefully more ethical — side to politics: the film will reportedly track Churchill’s ascent to power during World War II. The screenplay comes from Ben Kaplan, who wrote the History Channel’s Ronald Reagan documentary. And while no director is tied to the project yet, it seems like David Fincher, who directed Spacey in _House of Cards_’ first season, would certainly get the job done. \[[_The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kevin-spacey-play-winston-churchill-690755?utm%5Fterm=hollywoodreporter%5Fbreakingnews&utm%5Fcontent=buffer39ac6&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fsource=twitter.com&utm%5Fcampaign=buffer "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/37519/kevin-spacey-winston-churchill-movie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/37519/kevin-spacey-winston-churchill-movie/"},"headline":"Kevin Spacey Set to Star in Winston Churchill Movie","datePublished":"2014-03-25T19:46:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:57:30.815Z","description":"And now, Kevin Spacey side-eye heads to the big screen","url":"https://time.com/37519/kevin-spacey-winston-churchill-movie/","keywords":["house of cards","Kevin Spacey","Winston Churchill"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt17b4b305fc151041/6986873213c79f9cad1913ae/479185913.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"ashley Ross","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt17b4b305fc151041/6986873213c79f9cad1913ae/479185913.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Kevin Spacey","caption":"The Venetian Ball 2014 Celebrates The Launch of Best Buddies Macao","creditText":"ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/37519/kevin-spacey-winston-churchill-movie/","name":"Kevin Spacey Set to Star in Winston Churchill Movie"}}]}] ```