Samuel L. Jackson & Eugene Levy Are 'The Man'
[Tuesday, February 3rd, 2004]Samuel L. Jackson and Eugene Levy are to star in New Line Cinema's fish-out-of-water comedy The Man, says Variety.
The project, helmed by Les Mayfield, has been developing for the past two years specifically for Levy, who'll play a bumbling traveling salesman who stumbles into an ATF sting. Jackson will play an ATF agent who is forced to make an ersatz partner of the salesman, lest his undercover operation go awry.
"It's a darned funny movie," said New Line Cinema's Toby Emmerich, "with a great comedic alchemy reminiscent of DeNiro and Grodin in 'Midnight Run' and Chan and Tucker in 'Rush Hour.' "
E-Mail This Article » Share your comments on 'The Man'
Latest Headlines
• Spike Lee Is To Direct James Brown Bio [MORE >>]
• Harrison Ford To Star As Indy In 'May 2008' [MORE >>]
• Ian McKellen As Narrator In Fantasy 'Stardust' [MORE >>]
• Jason Bateman In 'Tonight, He Comes' [MORE >>]
• Masi Oka To Come Into Casino Movie '21' [MORE >>]
• Angelina Jolie Confirms 'Sin City 2' Talks [MORE >>]
• Ben Stiller Planning 'Zoolander 2' Return [MORE >>]
• Jason Lee To Star In 'Krater' Comedy [MORE >>]
• Weinstein Co. To Make 'Alex & Ironic Gentleman' [MORE >>]
• Dimension Films Takes On 'Storm Warning' [MORE >>]
• Sandra Bullock In Comedy 'One Of The Guys' [MORE >>]
• John C. Reilly In Parody 'Walk Hard' [MORE >>]
• Sam Raimi To Produce 'The Shadow' [MORE >>]
• Goldberg To Write Remake 'Since Walker Left' [MORE >>]
• Andre 3000 Joins 'Semi-Pro' Comedy [MORE >>]