Norton Joins Wahlberg In 'The Italian Job'

The Italian Job

Edward Norton will star opposite Mark Wahlberg and Charlize Theron in Paramount Pictures' "The Italian Job" for director F. Gary Gray, reports Hollywood Reporter.

Scripted by Donna and Wayne Powers, "Job" is a remake of the 1969 Paramount release of the same name starring 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 Wahlberg as Charlie, head of a robbery crew who stages a traffic jam in order to steal back a safe filled with gold that previously had been stolen by a double-crossing associate (Norton). Theron plays Charlie's love interest.

A late July or early August start is being planned