Sean Penn se intoarce la actiune intr-un film pe nume Cartel care-l va produce Universal Pictures si Imagine Entertainment.
Filmul este o adaptare dupa filmul italian din anul 1993 La Scorta, si a fost transformat intr-un film de actiune la carui scenariu este scris de Peter Craig (Cowboy Bebop, urmeaza sa apara).
Penn il va juca pe Ed Marker, care calatoreste in Mexic pentru a-si proteja fiul dupa ce sotia sa a fost ucisa cu brutalitate intr-o lume a cartelurilor mexicane. Producator va fi Brian Grazer iar regia ii va reveni lui Asger Leth (Ghosts of Cite Soleil).
Universal vrea sa inceapa productia din aceasta vara.
Penn este in negocieri sa apara si-n filmul Fair Game, o drama regizata de Doug Liman despre un agent CIA, Valerie Plame.
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Sean Penn will be getting back into action in a project called Cartel for for Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment. Originally developed as a remake of the 1993 Italian film La Scorta, it eventually developed into an action film written by Peter Craig (upcoming Cowboy Bebop). Penn will play Ed Marker, who journeys to Mexico to protect his son after his wife is brutally murdered in the gritty world of Mexican cartels. Prominent producer Brian Grazer is developing and Ghosts of Cite Soleil director Asger Leth will make his dramatic feature directing debut. Universal wants to get this into production by the summer.
Penn is also in talks to star in Fair Game, the Doug Liman-directed drama about the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame.
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