Heavyweight actors Alfred Molina, Andy Garcia, Aishwarya Rai and John Cleese have been inked for working title "The Pink Panther 2" to shoot in Boston.
Aishwarya Rai - © Photorazzi
Cleese and company will appear with Steve Martin in the sequel to the first Pink Panther, for a 2009 release date.
Not everyone is pleased that the venerable actors are stooping to the pedestrian material.
Russ Fischer of CHUD.com writes: "Sullying their good name along with Cleese will be Andy Garcia, Alfred Molina and Aishwarya Rai, with second appearances by Jean 'Soulless' Reno and Emily Mortimer. For Bollywood veteran Rai, I guess this could conceivably seem like a good move."
Variety reports "The Pink Panther 2" will be directed by Harald Zwart from a screenplay by Scott Neustadter, Mike Weber, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel and Steve Martin.
The movie will open February 13, 2009.
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