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Dark Horizons - News: Patrick Dempsey Joins Bank Heist Comedy
:: The Playlist ::: Gerard Butler Confirmed For Ralph Fiennes' 'Coriolanus,' Patrick Dempsey Scores 'Hangover' Writers For Heist Comedy
/Film: Casting Notes: Alan Cumming in Burlesque; Mirren Does Espionage; Dempsey Steals Laughs; Weaver and Shawkat Hit Cedar Rapids
Patrick Dempsey Joins Bank Heist Comedy
Dark Horizons - News —
Patrick Dempsey has joined the cast of an untitled bank-heist comedy for Foresight Unlimited says The Hollywood Reporter.
Jon Lucas and Scott Moore ("The Hangover") are penning the script about a man caught in the middle of two different robberies at the same bank who tries to protect a bank teller with whom he's secretly in love.
Paul McGuigan ("Lucky Number Slevin") is set to direct while Dempsey, Peter Safran and Mark Damon are producing. Filming kicks off in April.
Gerard Butler Confirmed For Ralph Fiennes' 'Coriolanus,' Patrick Dempsey Scores 'Hangover' Writers For Heist Comedy
:: The Playlist :: —
... — Patrick Dempsey is teaming with director Paul McGuigan (" Lucky Number Slevin ," " Push ") for an as-yet untitled heist comedy from Jon Lucas and Scott Moore , writers of " The Hangover ." The plot follows a man in love with a bank teller, who finds himself trapped in her workplace when it's robbed twice simultaneously. Like " The Hangover ," it's quite a strong concept, and like " The Hangover ," if it's any good, it'll be because the director has substantially rewritten it, and then been robbed of credit by ludicrous WGA arbitration rules.— Director Chuck ...
Casting Notes: Alan Cumming in Burlesque; Mirren Does Espionage; Dempsey Steals Laughs; Weaver and Shawkat Hit Cedar Rapids
/Film —
... Patrick Dempsey will be in the currently untitled heist comedy written by credited Hangover scribes Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, with directing duties going to Lucky Number Slevin and Gangster No. 1’s Paul McGuigan. Hopefully it’ll be better than McGuigan’s last film, the tepid sorta-superhero movie Push. [THR] ...
This is a Stick-Up, Patrick Dempsey
Cinematical —
Once upon a time here on Cinematical (actually, it was a mere year ago), I pondered whether you could ever be too attractive to be believable. I reasoned that it was a bit silly to argue that Angelina Jolie was too pretty to be the mother of a kidnapped child, because good looks doesn't equal good luck. But I might have to change my thesis for Patrick Dempsey. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Dempsey is teaming up with Jon Lucas and Scott Moore (aka "The Hangover Team") for an untitled bank heist comedy. ...
