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Cars Rolls to Cannon
Keeping up his busy schedule, Nick Cannon has signed to star in and executive
produce New Line's Miracle Cars.
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
By Lisa Johnson
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Cannon let loose on Miracle Cars
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Nick Cannon has just signed on to star in New Line's comedy Miracle Cars.
Don D. Scott is busy writing the script and will produce the film under his
Bridge Motion Pictures production banner.
The plot is based on the true story of Robert Gomez and James Nichols, two 19-year-olds who committed the largest auto fraud in U.S. history. While working as security guards in Carson, Calif., the duo sold $21 million worth of nonexistent cars to thousands of churchgoers who thought they were buying cars at bargain prices from a wealthy Christian's estate. Cannon will also executive produce.
Grade A Entertainment's Andy Cohen found the story in Car and Driver magazine. He will also produce the film. He and Scott visited Gomez in prison to acquired his life rights, then optioned the magazine article and the subsequent book from author John Phillips III, editor-at-large of Car and Driver.
Phillips will consult on the film. His book, God Wants You to Roll was just published last month, by Carroll & Graf.
Cannon's plate is full. He'll next star in Extra Protection from Universal. He wrote and will executive produce that one. He also wrote, starred in and executive produced The Underclassman for Miramax and worked on Fox 2000's Roll Bounce. His independent Jump Shot did well at Sundance. On the small screen, he created and is executive producing Wild'n Out for MTV.
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