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Cameron Diaz Joins Colin Firth In ‘Gambit’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday February 1, 2011 @ 12:09pm PSTTags: Adam Ripp, Cameron Diaz, Colin Firth, Colin Firth Gambit, Joel and Ethan Coen, Michael Caine, Michael Hoffman, Mike Lobell, Movie Deals, Movies, Rob Paris, Shirley MacLaine
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Cameron Diaz is attached to star with Colin Firth in Gambit, the Joel and Ethan Coen-scripted remake that will be directed by The Last Station’s Michael Hoffman. The 1966 original starred Michael Caine and Shirley MacLaine. Mike Lobell is producing with Crime Scene Pictures partners Adam Ripp and Rob Paris. Crime Scene is financing and FilmNation Entertainment will handle offshore sales at the European Film Market in Berlin. The film will shoot in London this May.

Firth plays a London art curator who plans to con a wealthy collector into buying a phony Monet painting. He enlists a Texas steer roper (Diaz) to pose as a woman whose grandfather liberated the painting at the end of WWII. Diaz is currently starring in The Green Hornet and recently wrapped Bad Teacher. Lobell has spent the better part of a decade trying to push this picture up the hill.  Adding Diaz to the fact Gambit will be Firth’s first project since all the awards hoopla surrounding The King’s Speech, the stars have certainly aligned for Lobell and his passion project.

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Colin Firth In Talks For ‘Gambit’ Redo

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday December 13, 2010 @ 11:04am PSTTags: Colin Firth, Colin Firth Gambit, Gambit, Gambit Remake, Joel and Ethan Coen, Mike Lobell, Movies, The Coen Brothers
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Colin Firth is in talks to star in Gambit, the Joel and Ethan Coen-scripted remake of the 1966 British action comedy that starred Michael Caine and Shirley MacLaine. The Last Station’s Michael Hoffman is directing.

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