Justin Theroux and Kathy Bates join Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic

Actors Justin Theroux, Kathy Bates and Sam Waterston have joined the cast of Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic titled "On the Basis of Sex".
Felicity Jones will play the lead role and Armie Hammer will portray Ginsburg's husband, Marty, reported Variety.
Mimi Leder is directing a script by Ginsburg's nephew, Daniel Stiepleman.
The film will bring to silver screen the first landmark gender discrimination case before the Supreme Court of the United States.
Theroux will play Mel Wulf, a longtime national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union. Bates will portray attorney and activist Dorothy Kenyon and Waterston will play Erwin Griswold, who served as Solicitor General of the United States under Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon.

The feature will premiere in 2018 in line with Justice Ginsburg's 25th anniversary on the Supreme Court.