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The Departed co star Vera Farmiga has been cast in Jason Reitman’s adaptation of Walter Kirn’s novel Up in the Air. George Clooney plays Ryan Bingham, a guy with a simple goal: to accumulate one million miles in his frequent flyer account.

Synopsis

“Bingham’s job as a Career Transition Counselor has kept him airborne for years. Although he has come to despise his line of work, he has come to love the culture of what he calls “Airworld,” finding contentment within pressurized cabins, anonymous hotel rooms, and a wardrobe of wrinkle-free slacks. With a letter of resignation sitting on his boss’s desk, and the hope of a job with a mysterious consulting firm, Ryan Bingham is agonizingly close to his ultimate goal, his Holy Grail: one million frequent flier miles. But before he achieves this long-desired freedom, conditions begin to deteriorate. With perception, wit, and wisdom, Up in the Air combines brilliant social observation with an acute sense of the psychic costs of our rootless existence, and confirms Walter Kirn as one of the most savvy chroniclers of American life.”

Farmiga will play a businesswoman who develops a romantic relationship with Bingham through meeting in airports and hotels around the country. Farmiga is another interesting casting choice for Jason Reitman who is known for these moves.

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