An intense story of sex, ambition, loyalty, betrayal and revenge, IDES OF MARCH is set against the high-stakes gamesmanship of running for the US Presidency. With George Clooney as the presidential hopeful, his idealistic campaign spokesman, Ryan Gosling, is torn in seductive directions and must choose between loyalty and his ambition to succeed, at whatever price. Joining the cast is Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Gosling’s boss; Paul Giamatti, the rival campaign manager; Marisa Tomei, a tough-as-nails reporter for the New York Times; and Evan Rachel Wood, the impressionable campaign intern.