Donald Sutherland Set To Join 'The Italian Job'

[Tuesday, July 2nd, 2002]
Donald Sutherland is in negotiations and Seth Green is set to join the cast of Paramount Pictures' "The Italian Job" for director F. Gary Gray, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
Scripted by Donna and Wayne Powers, "Job" is a remake of the 1969 Paramount release of the same name that starred Michael Caine and Benny Hill. The new version, a reinvention of the action-oriented heist movie, will be set in Italy and Los Angeles.

It stars Mark Wahlberg as Charlie, the head of a robbery crew that stages a traffic jam in order to steal back a safe filled with gold that had been stolen by a double-crossing associate (Edward Norton). Sutherland would play the pivotal role of Charlie's mentor and father to Charlie's love interest, Stella (Charlize Theron).

Green will play Lyle, a computer whiz who is part of Charlie's crew. Franky G. and Mos Def also star as members of the crew.

The project begins shooting next month.

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