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 “La scorta“, scripted by Peter Craig, the mission movie will follow Ed Marker (Brolin) as he journeys to protect his son after his wife is brutally murdered in the gritty world of Mexican cartels. Here’s a really long clip from the original.
