Izimpi phakathi Brad Pitt y Edward Norton Ukuthi abafi ku-"The Fight Club" kushiye uphawu lwabo. Manje, laba balingisi ababili bazophinde bahlangane ukuze balingise ku-"State of Play", inguqulo yefilimu enezingxenye eziyisithupha ezikhuluma ngozungu lwezombusazwe kanye nokukhaphela elasakazwa ngo-2003 kumabonakude waseBrithani.
Ifilimu izoqondiswa nguKevin Macdonald ("Inkosi Yokugcina YaseScotland") futhi izoqondiswa kuzoqala ukukhonjiswa engxenyeni yesibili ka-2008. Isenzo sizokwenzeka eWashington. UNorton kuzoba nguStephen Collins, ukhongolose obona ukuthi umsebenzi wakhe wezepolitiki ungafinyezwa kanjani ngemuva kokubulawa kwesithandwa sakhe. Khonamanjalo, uPitt uzodlala indawo kaCal McCaffrey, intatheli ezophenya ngaleli cala.
Ngenkathi uPitt eza ukuzokwethula eVenice "Ukubulawa kukaJesse James nguCoward Robert Ford" ngemiphumela exubile (yize ayisa iGolden Lion Best Male Performance), uNorton uyadubula «I-Hulk emangalisayo»No-Liv Tyler, ezokhonjiswa okokuqala ehlobo laseYurophu elizayo.