Production company 2929 Entertainment, owned by Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban, Jeff Skoll’s Participant Media and Clooney are financing the effort.

In a historic first, CNN will broadcast a live performance of a Broadway show on Saturday. 'Good Night, and Good Luck,' a stage adaptation of George Clooney's 2005 film, stars the actor as CBS newsman Edward R.

Good Night, and Good Luck conquered film, 20 years later, it’s taking over Broadway, and next month, George Clooney’s Edward R. Murrow will take over the final entertainment boss: live television. Clooney’s Good Night,