Phase 4 Films has acquired North American rights to the action/comedy The Baytown Outlaws, starring Eva Longoria and Billy Bob Thornton.
The distributor plans to release the film in early 2013. PHOTOS: 28 of Summer's Most Anticipated Movies: 'Avengers,' 'Dark Knight,' 'Prometheus' Formerly titled The Baytown Disco, the screenplay, written by Barry Battles and Griffin Hood, was on the 2009 Black List, the annual list of top, unproduced screenplays in Hollywood.
Battles also directed the film, which also stars Paul Wesley, Andre Braugher and Thomas Brodie. The movie revolves around three Alabama brothers who find themselves on the wrong side of the law when they finally try to do a single good deed.
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