Robert De Niro and Al Pacino [pictured] will team onscreen for just the second time in "Righteous Kill," a $60 million indie production put together by Nu Image/Millenium Films and Emmett/Furla Films
Shooting will begin Aug. 6 in Connecticut, with some work in [New York] to follow. The two stars play cops chasing a serial killer. Jon Avnet will direct and produce and the script is by "Inside Man (2006)" scribe Russell Gewirtz.
Nu Image topper Avi Lerner and Randall Emmett, two of the pic's six producers, did not disclose additional plot details or the source material during a short press briefing Thursday. Rights to all world territories are being shopped in Cannes.
Emmett said the idea for the film originated from the two actors' desire to co-star. "They're friends, and this really all got started from that," he said.
...Lerner went a step farther.
"This is an event in world history," he said. "They were in two scenes in 'Heat.' In this movie, they are in the whole thing together."
"We believe the independent world will do it more effectively, more cost-effectively and with more of the heart," Lerner said. "When we make something, we allow filmmakers to be filmmakers."
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I am absolutely giddy over this news! My head is spinning over what this project may offer movie-goers. Heat is a great film--But the idea of having these 2 acting legends share more than two pivotal scenes is just--WOW! To say that I can't wait to see this is just stating the obvious!
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