Hollywood legend James Caan and Firefly star Morena Baccarin have joined Pierce Brosnan in the action thriller Fast Charlie. Phillip Noyce (Salt) is directing the film from a screenplay by Richard Wenk (The Equalizer). Fast Charlie is based on Victor Gischler’s novel Gun Monkeys.
The plot synopsis for the film (via Deadline) reads:
Pierce Brosnan will play the lead role of hitman Charlie Swift, with James Caan playing his boss Stan. Morena Baccarin will “play the female lead Marcie, the ex-wife of a mobster killed by Charlie, who forms an unexpected pairing with Charlie in his revenge against the rival mob.”
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Fast Charlie will begin filming in New Orleans in the first week of April. Screen Media will distribute the film in the U.S., with Foresight handling international sales. Daniel Grodnik and Mitchell Welch will serve as producers. Director Phillip Noyce expressed his excitement at the casting:
Morena Baccarin is best known for starring in Deadpool and her main role as Inara Serra in the short-lived series Firefly. She has also acted in several popular TV shows like The Flash, Gotham, and Homeland, the latter of which earned her an Emmy nomination. Baccarin will next appear alongside Gerard Butler in Greenland: Migration. James Caan is a Hollywood veteran and academy award-nominated actor best known for playing Santino “Sonny” Corleone in The Godfather. He will next star in Tom Burruss’s Redemption and Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis.
There is currently no word on Fast Charlie’s release date, but with filming commencing next week, the film could hit theaters sometime in 2023. A talented, well-known cast, an accomplished director, and acclaimed source material, Fast Charlie is a complete package. The producers have also teased a fun and exciting film featuring a likable killer. Hopefully, Fast Charlie will deliver on the promise.
Pierce Brosnan Will Next Be Seen as DC Superhero Doctor Fate In Black Adam
Pierce Brosnan is set to make his entry into the DCEU with Black Adam. The former James Bond actor will play one of DC comics’ oldest, most well-known, and powerful superheroes, Doctor Fate. Black Adam producer Hiram Garcia, in an interview with The Illuminerdi, praised Brosnan and his charisma, saying:
While Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is playing the titular antihero in Black Adam, fans are also looking forward to Brosnan’s portrayal of Doctor Fate. And his terrific, comic-accurate suit and appearance in the trailers have only added to the anticipation. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (Orphan, The Shallows), Black Adam will hit the theaters on October 21, 2022.
“He has such a command of just presence on screen, I think the minute he goes on there. And seeing him with all of our young actors as well, it’s so fun to see them just hang with him, get to know him. They all became such close friends on this process and were hanging so much offset on downtime. And you could feel that energy and that chemistry when they were on screen. He was such a dream casting.”
