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Brett Ratner Sails to Sunset
Ratner on board to helm heist pic starring Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek and Woody Harrelson.
Monday, August 11, 2003
Vincent Rowe

 
Helmer Brett Ratner is reteaming with his Rush Hour studio, New Line Cinema, for his next directing outing. Ratner has come on board to direct Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek and Woody Harrelson in the caper pic After the Sunset, which is slated to begin production in mid-October

Based on a Paul Zbyszewski spec script, recently rewritten by Craig Rosenberg, the story picks up where most heist films end - with the theif (Brosnan) sailing off into the sunset after one great heist. But when a secret agent (Harrelson) tracks the thief down to make sure he's really out of the game, a new game of cat-and-mouse ensues.

Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson of Firm Films are producing and executive producing the project, respectively. Ratner's Rat Entertainment and Jay Stern will also take on producing duties, with Chris Pollack serving as an associate producer. For New Line, Kent Alterman and Keith Goldberg will oversee.

Ratner, who recently helmed Red Dragon, fills a pending optional picture commitment that he has with New Line by signing on to the project. He is also attached to direct a third installment of the Rush Hour franchise, which New Line currently has in development. He's repped by the Creative Artists Agency.

 
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