- NEED FOR SPEED
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| Michael Keaton |
Michael Keaton is joining the cast of DreamWorks' video game
adaptation, Need for Speed, reports Heat Vision. He joins a cast that includes
Aaron Paul, Imogen Poots, Dominic Cooper, Ramon Rodriguez, Rami Malek, Harrison
Gilbertson and Scott 'Kid Cudi' Mescudi.
According to the site, "the story tells of a local
street-racer (Paul) who partners with a rich and arrogant business associate
(Cooper), only to find himself framed by his colleague and sent to prison.
After his stint in the joint, he joins a New York-to-Los Angeles race to get
revenge. But when the ex-partner learns of the scheme, he puts a massive bounty
on the racer’s head, forcing him to run a cross-country gauntlet of illegal
racers in all manner of supercharged vehicles.
Keaton will play the reclusive and eccentric host of an
underground supercar race where he invites the best drivers from around the
world.
The script for the film was written by George Gatins. His
brother, John Gatins, is producing with Mark Sourian and Patrick O’Brien.
The studio is planning a February 7, 2014 release.
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