"Ben Affleck and Will Smith will buddy up in the action-comedy "Affirmative Action" set in New Orleans. When a black soldier goes A.W.O.L. after committing a crime, a South Boston cop and a FBI agent who don't share the same racial views are teamed to find him. Affirmative Action was written by Jeffrey Abrams and is currently in development at Jerry Bruckheimer Films. Buena Vista will distribute the picture..." (full details)
"Mira Sorvino and Joseph Fiennes are in talks to headline the thriller Civic Duty. Canadian filmmaker Vic Sarin is scheduled to begin filming in Vancouver at the end of next month. The story follows an all-American accountant who gets fired from his job and develops an acute obsession with cable news. Then, when a young and unattached Islamic student moves in next door his obsession moves to his new neighbor and decides to take matters into his own hands..." (full details)
"Mario Lopez has signed on to play the lead in a Brazilian soccer drama feature film, The Goal. Principle photography is scheduled for November 2005 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil and Miami, Florida. The Goal follows the heart-wrenching journey of Topone, a young man who rises from the infamous favelas (ghettos) of Rio de Janeiro to become the number one soccer player in the world. During the Brazilian championship, tragedy strikes and Topone is in danger of losing his soccer career forever, when he is traded to the United States..." (full details)
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