<p>Los Angeles: Actors Ralph Fiennes and John Lithgow will star in filmmaker Edward Berger’s upcoming thriller '<em>Conclave</em>.</p>.<p>According to entertainment news outlet <em>Variety</em>, the movie has been acquired by Hollywood studio Focus Features for distribution in the US.</p>.<p>Berger's most recent directorial effort <em>All Quiet on the Western Front</em> won four Academy Awards this year, including the best international feature trophy.</p>.Paresh Rawal shares update about 'Welcome 3' and 'Hera Pheri 3'.<p><em>Conclave</em> is based on Robert Harris’ novel of the same name and tells the story of the world's most secretive event: Election of a new Pope.</p>.<p>Fiennes will essay the role of Cardinal Lawrence, a Catholic dignitary tasked with running the Vatican's mysterious papal conclave who finds himself trapped in a treasonous web as groups of ambitious rival cardinals form factions in the hope of swaying the vote.</p>.<p>"As ambitions, divisions and scandals start to boil over and the political machinations inside the Vatican intensify, Lawrence realises that the departed Pope had kept a secret from them that he must uncover before a new Pope is chosen," the official logline read.</p>.<p>The film's cast also includes Stanley Tucci, Isabella Rossellini, Carlos Diehz, Lucian Msamati, Brían F. O'Byrne, Merab Ninidze and Sergio Castellitto. The script has been adapted by Peter Straughan.</p>.<p>The project will be produced by Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell for House Productions and Michael A Jackman for FilmNation Entertainment alongside Robert Harris and Alice Dawson. </p>
<p>Los Angeles: Actors Ralph Fiennes and John Lithgow will star in filmmaker Edward Berger’s upcoming thriller '<em>Conclave</em>.</p>.<p>According to entertainment news outlet <em>Variety</em>, the movie has been acquired by Hollywood studio Focus Features for distribution in the US.</p>.<p>Berger's most recent directorial effort <em>All Quiet on the Western Front</em> won four Academy Awards this year, including the best international feature trophy.</p>.Paresh Rawal shares update about 'Welcome 3' and 'Hera Pheri 3'.<p><em>Conclave</em> is based on Robert Harris’ novel of the same name and tells the story of the world's most secretive event: Election of a new Pope.</p>.<p>Fiennes will essay the role of Cardinal Lawrence, a Catholic dignitary tasked with running the Vatican's mysterious papal conclave who finds himself trapped in a treasonous web as groups of ambitious rival cardinals form factions in the hope of swaying the vote.</p>.<p>"As ambitions, divisions and scandals start to boil over and the political machinations inside the Vatican intensify, Lawrence realises that the departed Pope had kept a secret from them that he must uncover before a new Pope is chosen," the official logline read.</p>.<p>The film's cast also includes Stanley Tucci, Isabella Rossellini, Carlos Diehz, Lucian Msamati, Brían F. O'Byrne, Merab Ninidze and Sergio Castellitto. The script has been adapted by Peter Straughan.</p>.<p>The project will be produced by Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell for House Productions and Michael A Jackman for FilmNation Entertainment alongside Robert Harris and Alice Dawson. </p>