LOS ANGELES, July 29 (UPI) -- George Clooney has joined the cast of Money Monster.
The 53-year-old actor will star as Lee Gates, a television host who provides financial advice on his show, Money Monster. Gates is taken hostage on air by a man who lost everything on a bad tip, and must turn the person's investment around in order to keep himself alive. He discovers a web of tangled secrets and a possible scandal, and ratings soar as viewers tune in to the crisis.