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Will Smith Considers "Can," "Accountant"
19 April 2013 9:07 PM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Will Smith looks to be starring in the reluctant hero role in "American Can," a drama in development at Sony Pictures and Smith's Overbrook Entertainment.
Smith will play John Keller, a Gulf War veteran looking for a new challenge. He found one after Hurricane Katrina devastated his home city of New Orleans as he helped bring over two hundred elderly people to safety.
Will, his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, and James Lassiter are trying to get Ed Zwick to direct, while Adetoro Makinde and John Lee Hancock penned the script.
Earlier this week came word that Smith had signed onto the grifter feature "Focus" which he will shoot first.
Smith is also said to once again be eyeing "The Accountant" which was previously set up at Warner Bros. Pictures with Mel Gibson directing.
The project is now said to be setup at Media Rights Capital with Sony Pictures, with Gibson no longer involved. »
- Garth Franklin
Will Smith Eyes Lead Roles in 'American Can' and 'The Accountant'
19 April 2013 2:14 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
Just after entering negotiations to star in Focus, a romantic heist thriller from John Requa and Glenn Ficarra (now without Kristen Stewart), the duo behind Crazy Stupid Love, superstar Will Smith is also looking at two more projects for his future slate. Deadline has word that Smith is currently reviving a project he's been trying to develop for years called American Can in which he would star for The Last Samurai director Ed Zwick. In addition Smith is also considering The Accountant, another project he once flirted with in the past when it was a Warner Bros. production with Mel Gibson attached to direct. American Can has been in the works for awhile with Smith producing and once looking to Denzel Washington to star in the drama. Written by The Blind Side scribe and director John Lee Hancock, the film follows the real-life harrowing ordeal suffered by the residents of »
- Ethan Anderton
Will Smith To Star In ‘The American Can’ And ‘The Accountant’
19 April 2013 11:20 AM, PDT | LatinoReview | See recent LatinoReview news »
After picking up the lead role in Focus, Deadline reports that Will Smith will play the lead role in two additional projects.
The next film that Smith has signed onto, The American Can, chronicles the true story of an ex-marine who rescued around 244 people (many of them elderly) who were left stranded after Hurricane Katrina. The American Can refers to the name of a dry building to which the hero transported the stranded. The film is based on John Keller who was seen in the documentary New Orleans My Life, My Home, My Love.
Ed Zwick (Glory, Blood Diamond) will direct Smith from a screenplay written by Adetoro Makinde (shorts: In Time, It Takes A Village) and John Lee Hancock (The Alamo, The Blindside).
According to Deadline, Focus is expected to shoot before The American Can.
As for his third project (reports Deadline)…
The Accountant, will see Smith play a brilliant autistic man who, »
- Alex Corey
Will Smith Eyeing 2 New Projects: Katrina Drama 'American Can' & Assassin Thriller 'The Accountant'
19 April 2013 10:05 AM, PDT | ShadowAndAct | See recent ShadowAndAct news »
One of the dozens of projects on Will Smith's future slate... a film initially announced 4 years ago, in May 2009, when Sony Pictures and Smith's Overbrook Entertainment picked up the movie rights to the story of an ex-Marine who orchestrated the rescue of hundreds of his neighbors during the Hurricane Katrina disaster. John Lee Hancock was to write and direct the project, titled The American Can. Standing at 6-ft-seven and 260 pounds, John Keller, the ex-Marine, lived in a five-story apartment building; and after chasing some looters, emerged as the man in charge of the 244 residents, many of them elderly or handicapped. For five »
- Tambay A. Obenson
Will Smith Lines Up 'The American Can' Again With Ed Zwick, Flips Through Papers From Black List 'The Accountant'
19 April 2013 9:57 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
It seems Will Smith is getting jiggy with it, cinematically speaking. Though he's a major box office star, the Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air is super choosy and generally averages about one movie per year. But it looks like he's ready to get much busier. Earlier this week he replaced Ben Affleck on Warner Bros. con man romantic comedy "Focus," and now two more projects are dropping into his lap. The first one has actually been around for a while. Entitled "The American Can," way back in 2009 "The Blind Side" director John Lee Hancock signed up to direct (he co-wrote the script too, but he has since moved on) with Smith to star. Two years later, Smith was going to produce the movie instead, and was eager to get Denzel Washington for the lead role. Now, two more years on, the actor is back in the starring role and has Ed Zwick ("Love And Other Drugs, »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Liam Neeson and Woody Harrelson will Hunt Down Bonnie & Clyde
11 April 2013 7:00 AM, PDT | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
Liam Neeson and Woody Harrelson are looking to star in a new film called Highwaymen. They will play the two Texas Rangers that hunted and killed the popular Depression Era bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde.
John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side) is set to directed the film from a script written by John Fusco (Hidalgo, Young Guns). The drama "focuses on legendary lawman Frank Hamer, who was coaxed by a consortium of banks to assemble a posse and end the robbery reign of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in the 1930s." Hamer was an old-school Texas Ranger that killed 52 people and survived over 100 gunfights. He set his sights on Bonnie and Clyde after their gang organized a jail break and killed a guard.
This sounds like it will be a very cool movie, and Frank Hamer is sure to make a fantastic character on the big screen. I've always been »
- Joey Paur
Liam Neeson, Woody Harrelson to play Bonnie & Clyde killers
11 April 2013 6:40 AM, PDT | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - Movie News news »
Liam Neeson and Woody Harrelson are in line to star in upcoming drama Highwaymen.
Deadline reports that the film will centre on the Texas Rangers that hunted down infamous bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde.
The Blind Side's John Lee Hancock will direct Highwaymen, which was scripted by John Fusco.
The story will focus on lawman Frank Hamer, who was appointed to lead a posse tasked with bringing down Bonnie, Clyde and their notorious Barrow Gang.
Neeson will next be seen playing an air marshal in the Joel Silver-produced Non-Stop, while Harrelson stars in Louis Leterrier's thriller Now You See Me.
Watch Liam Neeson speaking to Digital Spy about Taken 2 and his action movie career below: »
Liam Neeson and Woody Harrelson on tail of Bonnie and Clyde spin-off
11 April 2013 3:56 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Pair in talks for frontier drama, Highwaymen, about Texas rangers who pursued and killed the notorious duo
Liam Neeson and Woody Harrelson are being courted for a new drama about the Texas rangers who killed Bonnie and Clyde, reports Deadline.
Highwaymen, which is due to be directed by The Blind Side's John Lee Hancock, centres on law enforcer Frank Hamer. A ranger who had brought peace to dozens of frontier towns during a long career in which he reputedly survived more than 100 gunfights, Hamer was appointed to head a posse charged with hunting down the notorious Barrow gang in 1934.
Hamer started hunting Bonnie and Clyde after the pair broke several inmates out of Eastham prison farm in Houston County – where Clyde Barrow himself had once been incarcerated – and killed a guard. Hamer was employed to end the gang's reign of terror, which had ranged across at least half a dozen Us states. »
- Ben Child
Liam Neeson and Woody Harrelson in line for Highwaymen?
10 April 2013 11:00 PM, PDT | TotalFilm | See recent TotalFilm news »
The Bonnie and Clyde story is a well known one in American culture, but Universal is reportedly cueing up a new take on the story that will focus upon their killers. Highwaymen will follow the exploits of the pair of Texas Rangers who tracked down the famous lawbreakers and gunned them down in that iconic shootout. The Blind Side’s John Lee Hancock is apparently in the saddle to direct, and he is reportedly courting Liam Neeson and Woody Harrelson to play the two lawmen in question. Talks are thought to have begun with the two...
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- George Wales
Neeson, Harrelson Up For "Highwaymen"
10 April 2013 9:41 PM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Liam Neeson and Woody Harrelson are being courted to star in the drama "Highwaymen" at Universal Pictures and Media Rights Capital.
The story focuses on legendary lawman and Texas Ranger Frank Hamer, who was coaxed by a consortium of banks to assemble a posse and end the reign of Depression Era bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in the 1930s.
John Lee Hancock will direct the John Fusco-scripted drama which Casey Silver is producing. Shooting aims to begin first quarter next year.
Source: Deadline »
- Garth Franklin
Liam Neeson, Woody Harrelson are Highwaymen
10 April 2013 9:30 PM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
John Lee Hancock's Highwaymen drama could land Liam Neeson and Woody Harrelson as stars in the Mrc Universal film who have teamed to co-finance the project. The story follows legendary lawman Frank Hamer, who assembled a posse and hunted down killed Bonnie & Clyde, notorious Depresson Era Bank robbers. John Fusco scripts the film produced by Casey Silver. Hancock, known for the critically-acclaimed Sandra Bullock starrer The Blind Side, is in post-production phase on Disney's Saving Mr. Banks, starring Tom Hanks, Colin Farrell, Emma Thompson, Jason Schwartzman »
Liam Neeson, Woody Harrelson are Highwaymen
10 April 2013 9:30 PM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
John Lee Hancock's Highwaymen drama could land Liam Neeson and Woody Harrelson as stars in the Mrc Universal film who have teamed to co-finance the project. The story follows legendary lawman Frank Hamer, who assembled a posse and hunted down killed Bonnie & Clyde, notorious Depresson Era Bank robbers. John Fusco scripts the film produced by Casey Silver. Hancock, known for the critically-acclaimed Sandra Bullock starrer The Blind Side, is in post-production phase on Disney's Saving Mr. Banks, starring Tom Hanks, Colin Farrell, Emma Thompson, Jason Schwartzman »
Casting Couch: Blame Jim Carrey’s New Job on ‘Ricky Stanicky,’ Blame Bonnie & Clyde’s Death on Liam Neeson and Woody Harrelson, and More
10 April 2013 5:00 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
What is Casting Couch? It’s all part of a very simple process. Movie execs do the casting, the trades get the casting announcements, and then we put all of the news in one handy place. Today trios of big actors have been added to both Kung-Fu Panda 3 and Beware the Night. Jim Carrey’s casting in the upcoming comedy Ricky Stanicky has been a long time coming. According to Deadline, he’s been looking at this Black List script about a group of friends who have blamed everything they do wrong on a made up acquaintance named “Ricky Stanicky” their entire lives for about a year, and only just recently has decided to sign on to star. The deciding factor seems to be the fact that Steve Oedekerk has also come on board the project to direct, and Carrey already has experience working with him on Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls. Remember »
- Nathan Adams
Liam Neeson and Woody Harrelson May be ‘Highwaymen’
10 April 2013 4:53 PM, PDT | LatinoReview | See recent LatinoReview news »
Liam Neeson and Woody Harrelson are being sought as leads in Highwaymen, a film about the duo who killed Bonnie and Clyde. John Lee Hancock will direct from a script by John Fusco.
Fusco’s script focuses on legendary lawman Frank Hamer, “who was coaxed by a consortium of banks to assemble a posse and end the robbery reign of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in the 1930s.”
Hamer was an old style Texas Ranger who’d survived 100 gunfights and killed 53 people, and he focused on the duo after their gang organized a jail break and killed a guard.
Source: Deadline »
- Philip Sticco
Highwaymen: Neeson & Harrelson Sought To Play Bonnie & Clyde’s Killers
10 April 2013 4:50 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
The criminal duo of ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ may be household names, but the men tasked with bringing them to justice are not; that’s a problem that Highwaymen hopes to solve. Following the efforts of the Texas Rangers who tracked down and killed Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in the 1930s, the John Lee Hancock (The Alamo, The Blindside) directed feature has finally been given the green light.
Now all the period drama (co-financed by Media Rights Capital and Universal Pictures) needs is a pair of leading men to portray the aforementioned Rangers, with Liam Neeson and Woody Harrelson apparently being eyed by the filmmakers.
The announcement comes courtesy of Deadline, with a projected start date of first quarter 2014. Neeson is being sought to play the central role of retired Ranger Frank Hamer, the lead investigator ...
Click to continue reading Highwaymen: Neeson & Harrelson Sought To Play Bonnie & Clyde’s »
- Andrew Dyce
Are Neeson & Harrelson the 'Highwaymen' Who Killed Bonnie & Clyde?
10 April 2013 1:21 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
Here's an interesting development. While a new take on the story of Bonnie & Clyde has been developing since 2011, and Emile Hirsch is slated to star in a miniseries about the infamous couple for The History Channel and Lifetime, The Blind Side director John Lee Hancock has an interesting approach tot he story we haven't yet heard of. Deadline has word that Media Rights Capital and Universal Pictures have just made a deal to co-finance Highwaymen, a drama that will focus on the Texas Rangers that hunted down the bank robbing duo and eventually gunned them down in a blaze of glory. But who will play them? Read on! Hancock currently has his sights on Liam Neeson and Woody Harrelson, and they're currently being courted for the film right now. Just the thought of Harrelson and Neeson playing 1930s era Texas Rangers is reason enough for me to see the movie, »
- Ethan Anderton
Liam Neeson And Woody Harrelson Looked At To Star As Rangers Who Killed Bonnie & Clyde
10 April 2013 1:18 PM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Thanks to Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, the true story of Bonnie and Clyde has become a piece of pop culture legend, the duo's crime spree across America known to just about everyone. But while director Arthur Penn's 1967 romanticized the tale of the tale of the two outlaws, we've never seen the other side of the story, from the point of view of those trying to take them down. Well, that's about to change. Deadline has learned that Liam Neeson and Woody Harrelson are now being looked at to star in Highwaymen, a film directed by John Lee Hancock about the two Texas Rangers who managed to hunt down and kill Bonnie and Clyde during their legendary Depression Era crime spree.The site says that John Fusco, whose credits include Hidalgo and The Forbidden Kingdom, scripted the drama, and that Media Rights Capital and Universal Pictures, who worked together »
Liam Neeson Could Hunt Highwaymen
10 April 2013 12:25 PM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
The story of bank robbers Bonnie Clyde is a familiar one, brought most famously to the screen by Arthur Penn in 1967. But what of the Texas Rangers who tracked them down and delivered brutal, bullet-ridden justice? Their story is one that John Lee Hancock and Universal want to tell, and they’re hoping Liam Neeson and Woody Harrelson will be along for the ride in Highwaymen. The director and studio are teaming up with Media Rights Capital (which helped fund Ted) to back the film, based on John Fusco’s script.Highwaymen will focus on lawman Frank Hamer (we’d guess that’s the role they want Neeson to play), who was asked in the 1930s by a consortium of banks to track down Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. After the criminals organized a jailbreak and killed a guard, Hamer assembled a posse to stop them.Neeson has been busy »
John Lee Hancock to Direct Bonnie & Clyde Manhunt Film Highwaymen; Liam Neeson and Woody Harrelson Courted to Star
10 April 2013 11:49 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Director John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side, The Alamo) has long been circling the director’s chair on the drama Highwaymen, and now it looks like the project is finally coming together. Hancock has signed on to helm the pic, which centers on the manhunt for infamous bank robbers Bonnie & Clyde during the Great Depression. The protagonist of the story is Texas Ranger Frank Hamer, a lawman with quite the reputation (he survived 100 gunfights and killed 53 people) who was coaxed into putting together a team of Rangers to finally take down Bonnie & Clyde following an embarrassing Texas prison break headed up by Clyde Barrow. Hit the jump for more on the project, including which actors Hancock is eyeing to lead the film. Deadline reports that Liam Neeson and Woody Harrelson are being courted to star in the pic, though it's unknown which actor would play Hamer. John Fusco (Young Guns II, »
- Adam Chitwood
Liam Neeson & Woody Harrelson May Be The 'Highwaymen' Who Kill Bonnie & Clyde
10 April 2013 11:43 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Liam Neeson is 60 years old, and it seems as far as he's concerned, he's gonna kick and punch his way until he settles into grandpa roles. Dude is gonna crack skulls in "Non-Stop," hunt people down in "A Walk Among The Tombstones" and run all night in "Run All Night." And now he's facing his greatest foes yet -- Bonnie and Clyde. That's right, even though it seems every producer in town wants to take a run at the storied, young killers (reminder, Emile Hirsch is toplining a new Lifetime/History Channel miniseries on the duo) "The Blind Side" director John Lee Hancock has a wholly different angle to work from. He's courting, sending flowers and love notes to Neeson and Woody Harrelson for "Highwaymen" where the pair would play the Texas rangers who gave a bullet-riddled end to the outlaw kids. Sounds pretty bad-ass. This is a movie Hancock »
- Kevin Jagernauth
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