A Cast of Thousands — Steve Shagan

From Steve Shagan -- New York Times bestselling author and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter comes the ultimate behind-the-scenes Hollywood novel, A CAST OF THOUSANDS....

Within the inner sanctums of Gemstone Pictures and the walled security of a Palm Springs hideaway, Leo "the Pope" Resnick, Mafia financial wizard, masterminds a bogus corporate takeover. To follow Resnick's script -- and collect a colossal windfall -- all Gemstone's top executives need is a major box-office flop to send the stock price plummeting. They've got the players to make the scheme work, including a brilliant but crazy has-been director; an outrageously oversexed leading man; a volatile, sublimely beautiful female star; and "The Genius," a legendary Method actor with a failing memory and a colossal ego. It's a recipe for disaster -- or the picture of the decade.