Jason Patric, John Cusack Join Bruce Willis In Ensemble Thriller ‘The Prince’
EXCLUSIVE: Emmett/Furla/ Oasis Films has set Jason Patric, John Cusack, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Johnathon Schaech, Gia Mantegna and South Korean actor-singer Rain for The Prince, the Brian A. Miller-directed action thriller. Patric plays a retired Las Vegas mob enforcer who is forced to return to the city and face his former enemies when his teenage daughter goes missing. Bruce Willis was previously set to star in the film. He plays Omar, a man with a score to settle, who has waited years for Paul to return.
Emmett/Furla/Oasis is producing and financing with South Korea-based Union Investment Partners. Kim Young-don, Choi Pyeung-ho, Barry Brooker, Stan Wertlieb, Jeff Rice and Brandon Grimes will executive produce alongside producers Randall Emmett, George Furla, Ho-Sung Pak, Fred Song, Adam Goldworm and co-producer Tim Sullivan. Shooting begins next week in Mobile, ALA, and Grindstone/Lionsgate Films will release domestically. Hannibal Pictures will handle international sales.
Emmett/Furla/Oasis is coming off 2 Guns and next up is the Peter Berg-directed Lone Survivor, which Universal releases December 27. The company next year starts production on the Martin Scorsese-directed Silence as well as the Tupac Shakur biopic and the movie adaptation of Monopoly.
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