Redford's Lincoln Assassination Aftermath Movie Begins Casting...

Merrick here...
Last month, we learned that Robert Redford was putting together a movie about Mary Surratt - a woman accused of conspiring towards the assassination of Abe Lincoln (details HERE). Seems casting on that project is well underway. Robin Wright Penn will play Surratt, and James...

...McAvoy will play Frederick Aiken, an idealistic young war hero who reluctantly defends Surratt and in the process comes to believe she is innocent.

...per THIS ARTICLE in Variety. The same article indicates that McAvoy's association with the WANTED sequel is still "rumored".