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Cannes News Bytes 2009 - press@thebusinessoffilm.com
 Casino Jack From Hannibal Pictures
Signs Three New Stars
Kevin Spacey |
Barry Pepper, Kelly Preston and Rachelle Lafevre have signed on to co-star with Kevin Spacey in the thriller Casino Jack a/k/a Bagman, directed by George Hickenlooper.
Gary Howsam and George Vitetzakis will produce, from an original screenplay by
Norman Snider. Casino Jack is set to go into production in Toronto on May 23,
2009, for delivery March 2010.
Executive Producers are Richard Rionda Del Castro, Donald Zuckerman, Patricia
Eberle, Lewin Webb, Oscar Generale, and Dana Brunetti for Trigger Street
Productions.
Loosely based on a true story, the film stars Spacey as Jack Abramoff, the
former high-powered lobbyist. Kelly Preston will play Pam Abramoff, Jack’s
loving wife, loyal to the end to a man who used and abused the American system.
Barry Pepper will pay his young protégé, Michael Scanlon, who teamed with
Abramoff to start a casino empire of their own, and whose relationship with his
mentor ended with a tragic betrayal. Rachelle Lafevre (Twilight) will play
Pepper’s love interest Emily Miller.
Hannibal Pictures handling worldwide sales, excluding North America, have closed
deals at Cannes with several territories including Latin South America, Spain,
Portugal, all of Eastern Europe, Greece, and the Middle East. Deals with
Germany, Benelux, UK, Turkey, and Italy are in negotiations.
E1 Entertainment has purchased Canadian rights, and US co-representation is
being handled by Cassian Elwes with William Morris and Andrew Ruf at Paradigm. |
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