Russell Crowe is going from the boxing ring to the vineyards of France. The actor is in discussions to star in Ridley Scott's next directorial effort, "A Good Year," for Fox 2000 says The Hollywood Reporter.

Adapted from a Peter Mayle novel by Marc Klein ("Serendipity"), "Good Year" follows a London investment banker who moves to Provence after losing his job and inheriting a vineyard from his just-deceased uncle. But when he arrives, he meets a California woman who claims that she owns the place and is his cousin.

Scott is producing through his Scott Free Prods. The film has a tentative September start date in Paris. Scott is understood to be already scouting locations.

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