Penn Gets New Deal for The Grand
Jun 8th, 2006 | by CousinPaulie | Posted in movies, personal | Comments Off
X-Men: The Last Stand screenwriter Zak Penn has reshuffled the deck on his improvisational poker comedy The Grand.
Variety says the Insomnia Media Group has anted up financing and will produce the movie with Eleven Eleven Films. The project previously was set up at financing and production house Insomnia Entertainment — which is unrelated to Insomnia Media Group.
The ensemble cast includes Woody Harrelson, Ray Liotta, Ray Romano, Jason Alexander, Cheryl Hines and German director Werner Herzog.
CHUD further lists David Cross, Richard Kind, Michael Karrow and Gabe Kaplan AKA “Mr. Kotter” as part of the ensemble cast.
Penn will direct the film from an outline he wrote, but the dialogue will be improvised when shooting begins next month at the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
The storyline revolves around an international poker tournament. The actors will play real games, culminating in a championship round.
