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CBS Films gets the 'Gambit'
By Adnan Tezer Mar 11, 2011, 20:05 GMT
CBS Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to the remake of the 1966 British comedy "Gambit," that originally starred Michael Caine and Shirley MacLaine.
According to Variety, the remake stars recent Oscar winner Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz.
Shooting begins in London in May with Michael Hoffman ("The Last Station") directing.
Joel and Ethan Coen are writing the script.
Crime Scene Pictures' Mike Lobell, Adam Ripp and Rob Paris are producing.
Firth plays a London art curator planning an elaborate con to convince a rich collector into buying a fake Monet painting. He recruits a Texas steer roper (Diaz) to pretend to be a woman whose grandfather stole the painting at the end of WWII.
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