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1 October 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

- Ghosts of Cité Soleil's Asger Leth can count his lucky charms. He has had the fortune of having only one directing nod to his credit with the docu film and landing a major Hollywood production, but has managed to grab a top tier acting talent, not once - but twice. I wouldn't be a surprised if Sean Penn had made a mention, but Josh Brolin is taking the lead role which was originally assigned to his Milk co-star Penn. The trades report that Brolin has become a go-to guy for cowboy hat wearing, southern States/desert habituals in No Country for Old Men, W. and the upcoming Jonah Hex will be returning to the same zone for Cartel - the drama has also been confirmed as a January shoot in Mexico City - mark your Fall calenders folks if you were into Traffic. Based on the 1993 Italian film »

1 October 2009 12:26 AM, PDT | Corona's Coming Attractions | See recent Corona's Coming Attractions news »

Josh Brolin is looking to fill his work space after filming his Wall Street 2 role by toplining Cartel, a gritty crime drama to be directed by Asgar Leth (Ghosts of Cité Soleil).

Brolin's character would be a husband who is seeking vegeance on a Mexican cartel that killed his wife. The man's son survived the attack and he's protecting him from the criminals as he goes after them.

The movie is being produced by Brian Grazer for Universal Pictures. Filming is scheduled to begin in January in Mexico from a script by Peter Craig, the dude that's writing Bad Boys 3 for Sony Pictures. Hiliary Seitz (Insomnia) is doing a rewrite.

At one point Sean Penn was attached to star in Cartel but withdrew this past summer. »

- Patrick Sauriol

2 articles from 2009