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Posted on Fri, Mar 4, 2011 : 2:32 p.m.

Clooney slated to be in Ann Arbor on, and for, 'The Ides of March'

By Jenn McKee

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The OnLocationVacations.com website just published a full list of filming locations for George Clooney's newest film project, "The Ides of March," which is being shot in Cincinnati and Detroit as well as Ann Arbor.

According to the list, which was reportedly supplied by an insider working on the film, Clooney and his team will be shooting the film at the Power Center on March 15-16 (thus placing Clooney in Ann Arbor on the actual ides of March); and the U-M's Michigan League Ballroom on March 17.

Of course, all movie shooting schedules are subject to change.

"Ides" stars Ryan Gosling, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Evan Rachel Wood, and Clooney, who is also directing. (Plus, Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the film's producers).

Based on Beau Willimon's play "Farragut North," "Ides" casts Clooney as a Howard Dean-type Presidential hopeful, while Gosling plays the lead character — a wunderkind press secretary who finds himself embroiled in the ugly world of back-room politics.

Jenn McKee is the entertainment digital journalist for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at jennmckee@annarbor.com or 734-623-2546, and follow her on Twitter @jennmckee.