EXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominee James Caan (The Godfather) and Morena Baccarin (Deadpool) will star alongside Pierce Brosnan in hitman thriller Fast Charlie, to be directed by Phillip Noyce (Salt).Filming is due to get underway in New Orleans next week.Former James Bond Brosnan will play Charlie Swift who has worked for his ageing mob boss Stan (Caan) for twenty years, skillfully operating as a prolific fixer and efficient hitman.
When a rival boss moves to eliminate Stan and his entire team, he fails in wiping the team clean. Now on his own, Charlie will stop at nothing to avenge his friend and has no plans to leave anyone alive.
Morena Baccarin is set to play the female lead Marcie, the ex-wife of a mobster killed by Charlie, who forms an unexpected pairing with Charlie in his revenge against the rival mob.The original screenplay is written by Richard Wenk (The Equalizer), inspired by the novel Gun Monkeys by Victor Gischler.
Daniel Grodnik (Bobby) and Mitchell Welch (Chain of Command) will produce.Foresight is handling international sales and parent company Screen Media is distributing in the U.S.
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