Pierre Pierre‘s struggled to get off the ground for years now, making it all the more fitting that secured financing would get followed by Jim Carrey taking off right under our noses. You know that old saying about an inconvenient sequence of steps? Exactly.
But in comes Russell Brand to save the day. (It’s not often you say that.) Variety tells us the actor and comedian is hoping to take the lead for director Larry Charles (The Dictator, Borat) on Pierre Pierre, which has been waiting for a star to sign before venturing into those deeper, more complicated territories of pre-production.
For months, we’ve known the high-profile script from Edwin Cannistraci and Frederick Seton‘s centers on “a self-indulgent French nihilist (Brand) who steals the Mona Lisa from the Louvre in the hope of selling it so he can finally move out of his parents house”; in their update,...
But in comes Russell Brand to save the day. (It’s not often you say that.) Variety tells us the actor and comedian is hoping to take the lead for director Larry Charles (The Dictator, Borat) on Pierre Pierre, which has been waiting for a star to sign before venturing into those deeper, more complicated territories of pre-production.
For months, we’ve known the high-profile script from Edwin Cannistraci and Frederick Seton‘s centers on “a self-indulgent French nihilist (Brand) who steals the Mona Lisa from the Louvre in the hope of selling it so he can finally move out of his parents house”; in their update,...
- 7/31/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Million Dollar Man indie sports comedy hooks Luke Wilson Wilson would play a down-on-his-luck route driver who works for a soda company. He's given a second chance at a better life in a position as a football kicker. Blond Ambition's Scott Marshall, son of Garry Marshall, helms from the script by Alex Schrader. Variety reports that Wilson will play a down-on-his-luck route driver for a soda company who's given a second chance in life as a football kicker. The project produced by Slater Brothers Entertainment's Todd Slater and John Gatpandan, as well as Portofino Pictures' Anderson...
- 7/31/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Million Dollar Man indie sports comedy hooks Luke Wilson Wilson would play a down-on-his-luck route driver who works for a soda company. He's given a second chance at a better life in a position as a football kicker. Blond Ambition's Scott Marshall, son of Garry Marshall, helms from the script by Alex Schrader. Variety reports that Wilson will play a down-on-his-luck route driver for a soda company who's given a second chance in life as a football kicker. The project produced by Slater Brothers Entertainment's Todd Slater and John Gatpandan, as well as Portofino Pictures' Anderson...
- 7/31/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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