Don Winslow's 'Cartel' Trilogy Is Becoming An FX Series
FX has picked up The Cartel TV series rights to adapt the Don Winslow Cartel trilogy, which include The Power of the Dog, The Cartel, and The Border.
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Universal Pulls The Plug On Cartel, Starring Josh Brolin, Only Weeks Before Production Begins
The Josh Brolin-starring, Asger Leth-directed Cartel could be this year's Moneyball. Universal has just killed the picture, reportedly over concerns about several issues: budget, script and the logistics of shooting a drug-oriented drama in Mexico. Deadline reports that the production is dead, and passes along a note from Universal: Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment ceased…
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Casting Notes: Jamie Foxx Reunites With Robert Downey Jr; Josh Brolin Steps In For Sean Penn
Two pretty tasty bits of casting today. First up, it's that big reunion of the cast from The Soloist we've all been waiting for! Jamie Foxx has joined the cast of Due Date, the next movie from Todd Phillips. That'll put him back in the frame with Robert Downey Jr., and this time in a…
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Sean Penn Backs Out Of Three Stooges And Cartel
Did the notion of Sean Penn playing Larry in a new Three Stooges movie directed by the Farrelly Brothers seem too crazy/good/ridiculous/awful to be true? Now it is, as THR reports Penn has pulled out of both that movie and Cartel, the film in which he would have played a man out to protect his…
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